He had learned long ago that, in general, the easier it was for anxious patients to reach him, the less likely they were to call. (107)

Every person must choose how much truth he can stand.

The act of revealing oneself fully to another and still being accepted may be the major vehicle of therapeutic help.

Only the wounded healer can truly heal. (97)

If we climb high enough, we will reach a height from which tragedy ceases to look tragic.

If you want to choose the pleasure of growth, prepare yourself for some pain.

To love means to be actively concerned for the life and the growth of another.

Live your life to the fullest; and then, and only then, die. Don't leave any unlived life behind.

Life is a spark between two identical voids, the darkness before birth and the one after death.

When people don't have any curiosity about themselves, that is always a bad sign.

Despair is the price one pays for self-awareness. Look deeply into life, and you'll always find despair.

Sometimes I live in the universe. Sometimes the universe lives in me.

Start creating a life you desire, bringing your dreams to life, taking what is then turning it around to create what is possible.

Whatever you are, do not even assume that you will be surrounded and gnawed by luxurious worms of an exquisite breed.

What isn’t clear, isn’t French.

The axiomatic method is very powerful

A story can take you through a whole process of searching, seeking, confronting, through conflicts, and then to a resolution. As the storyteller and the listener, we go through a story together.

And many an ante-natal tomb Where butterflies dream of the life to come.

I grow silent. Dear soul, you speak.

Spite and ill-nature are among the most expensive luxuries in life.

If an opera cannot be played by an organ grinder, it's not going to achieve immortality.