Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.

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.

Having somebody help you doesn't mean that you have failed. It just means that you're not in it alone

If human beings were really progressive creatures, then all boys would be smarter, healthier, and, wealthier, than their grandfathers.

A lot of people see it as a kind of failure to stay in the place where you’re from, especially if you’re from the Midwest. Like ambition is geographic.

Evolution teaches us the original purpose of language was to ritualize men's threats and curses, his spells to compel the gods; communication came later.

The poet will maintain serenity in spite of all disappointments. He is expected to preserve an unconcerned and healthy outlook over the world, while he lives.

When walking into the lair of the dragon after robbing his hoard, the least you could do is hold you head high [...]

Most of all, I want you to know without a doubt that I've got your back. And your front. And your sides. I've got all of you and I'm not letting go.

It made perfect sense, and at the same time nothing seemed to.

The self-assured believer is a greater sinner in the eyes of God than the troubled disbeliever.

To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is still better.