"Everyone carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual’s conscious life, the blacker and denser it is."
"The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge."
"One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious."