“Freedom stretches only as far as the limits of our consciousness.”

One finds one’s destiny on the path one takes to avoid it.

Individualization does not shut one out from the world, but gathers the world to oneself.

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.

All true things must change and only that which changes remains true.

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.

Never diagnose a (client) until after their therapy is over.

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

I’ve realized that somebody who’s tired and needs a rest, and goes on working all the same is a fool.

We meet ourselves time and again in a thousand disguises on the path of life.

No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.

Perfection belongs to the Gods; the most we can hope for is excellence.

To ask the right question is already half the solution of a problem.

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

The dream is the small hidden door in the deepest and most intimate sanctum of the soul.

Solitude is for me a fount of healing which makes my life worth living. Talking is often a torment for me, and I need many days of silence to recover from the futility of words.

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

Try not to trip. We don’t have time for a concussion today.

A man lives not only his personal life, as an individual, but also, consciously or unconsciously, the life of his epoch and his contemporaries.

The mind is not conscious, it is an instrument of consciousness.

Every attachment is naturally temporary. It is made permanent by conscious thinking – sticking to moments and replaying memories.

Just let go. Let go of how you thought your life should be, and embrace the life that is trying to work its way into your consciousness.

What is needed is not a change of circumstance, but a change of consciousness.

I made a conscious decision to live my life the best way I could and that meant to publicise myself as little as possible.

Enthusiasm is a heightened state of consciousness, and it’s one of the best feelings there is to feel.