About a third of my cases are suffering from no clinically definable neurosis, but from the senselessness and emptiness of their lives. This can be defined as the general neurosis of our times.

Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.

Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research.

To be normal is the ultimate aim of the unsuccessful.

Do not compare, do not measure. No other way is like yours. All other ways deceive and tempt you. You must fulfill the way that is in you.

The world will ask you who you are, and if you don't know, the world will tell you.

The difference between a good life and a bad life is how well you walk through the fire

If our religion is based on salvation, our chief emotions will be fear and trembling. If our religion is based on wonder, our chief emotion will be gratitude.

We are not what happened to us, we are what we wish to become.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

The beauty on the inside, will determine the ugly on the outside.

Sometimes animals are more human than people and other times people are more animal than animals

Destiny is not what you become but what you do with it

What could be a destination for a lost, when there is no will to move on anymore?

The map we made of the 3, 000-year-old city of Tanis requires no imagination. It has buildings, streets, admin complexes, houses - clear as day.

Maturity is when you start feeling the motion of zaman (time) as if it is a sensuous caress. p.216

Engagement is the good life. What could be more exciting than getting involved in something that you care about and joining with others and seeing something change? What could be more thrilling?

To how many blockheads of my time has a cold and taciturn demeanor procured the credit of prudence and capacity!

My eyebrows make a more profound impact on [other] people than they do on me... I just let 'em grow.

No man who has managed to keep out of an office can be called a failure in life.