Mental illness, of course, is not literally a "thing" - or physical object - and hence it can "exist" only in the same sort of way in which other theoretical concepts exist.

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.

If you talk to God, you are praying; If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily.

People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.

In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined.

Labeling a child as mentally ill is stigmatization, not diagnosis. Giving a child a psychiatric drug is poisoning, not treatment.

In the past, men created witches: now they create mental patients.

What people really need and demand from life is not wealth, comfort, or esteem, but games worth playing

Mental illness is a myth, whose function is to disguise and thus render more palatable the bitter pill of moral conflicts in human relations.

The neurotic has problems; the psychotic has solutions.

It is never just disagreement but always intellectual dishonesty that is the apologist's worst enemy. And its apprentice is ignorance.

I don't know what 'famous' is, really.

He realized that he had thought only about the first step, never imagined the last.

There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot endure to be so.

Playful arising is authorized by both risk and trust in the process and in oneself. To be truly playful and improvisational one must not look for results.

Come for the body, stay for the soul.

Making movies is my profession. I like doing it a lot.

It’s not about the amount of time you devote but rather what you devote to that time that counts.

When life gets you down, just remember these three words of wisdom. "Bonk!", "Zap!", and "Yowsers!"

When you are identified with the One, all things will be complete to you.