The state of imperfect transformation, merely hoped for and waited for, does not seem to be one of torment only, but of positive, if hidden, happiness. It is the state of someone who, in his wanderings among the mazes of his psychic transformation, comes upon a secret happiness which reconciles him to his apparent loneliness. In communing with himself he finds not deadly boredom and melancholy but an inner partner; more than that, a relationship that seems like the happiness of a secret love, or like a hidden springtime, when the green seed sprouts from the barren earth, holding out the promise of future harvests.

C. G. Jung, vol 14, pa. 623

Quote Source

I’m not 100% certain of the title of the work where this quote originally appeared, so I won’t try (and potentially err) in noting it’s source here. But I can say that this quote is cited frequently on blogs and message boards as well as social media. The following article is one such example of its citation: