“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
“Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.”
“People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls.”
“The greatest tragedy of the family is the unlived lives of the parents.”
“Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.”
“The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.”
“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves. ”
“The first half of life is devoted to forming a healthy ego, the second half is going inward and letting go of it.”