“You must go in quest of yourself, and you will find yourself again only in the simple and forgotten things.”

We know that the wildest and most moving dramas are played not in the theatre but in the hearts of ordinary men and women.

In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.

A man’s hatred is always concentrated upon that which makes him conscious of his bad qualities.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

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.

It is only our deeds that reveal who we are.

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

The greater the contrast, the greater the potential. Great energy only comes from a correspondingly great tension of opposites.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.

I live in my deepest hell and from there I cannot fall any further.

In order to know the light, we must first experience the darkness.

The only thing we have to fear on this planet is man.

Nothing is possible without love, For love puts one in a mood to risk everything.

Trust that which gives you meaning and accept it as your guide.

Enlightenment doesnt occur from sitting around visualizing images of light, but from integrating the darker aspects of the Self into the conscious personality.

Conflict exists strictly as an opportunity to raise our consciousness.

When we help ourselves, we find moments of happiness. When we help others, we find lasting fulfillment.

Loneliness is only an opportunity to cut adrift and find yourself. In solitude you are least alone.

Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning.

Work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.

Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

Complaining is not a strategy.You have to work with the world as you find it, not as you would have it be.

I find that discussing an idea out loud is often the way to kill it stone dead.

Innovation happens when people are given the freedom to ask questions and the resources and power to find the answers.