“The true leader is always led.”

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.

Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.

Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.

The most important question anyone can ask is: What myth am I living?

We cannot change anything unless we accept it.

Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible.

Man’s task is to become conscious of the contents that press upward from the unconscious.

You always become the thing you fight the most.

Persona, the mask or image we present to the world. Designed to make a particular impression on others, while concealing our true nature.

The difference between a good life and a bad life is how well you walk through the fire.

Doing nothing often leads to the very best of something.

You’ve got to follow that dream, wherever that dream may lead.

I rarely know exactly what I want to do, but always know exactly how I want it to make me feel. Feeling always leads the sound!

Shyness is a condition foreign to the heart – a category, a dimension which leads to loneliness.

The only valid test of leadership is the ability to lead, and lead vigorously.

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.

Beer may cause you to digress and lead a happier life.