In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.
You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.
The shoe that fits one person pinches another. There is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, in as much as one can cope with a comprehensible darkness.
People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own soul.
If you are a gifted person, it doesn’t mean that you gained something. It means you have something to give back.
In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.
We should not pretend to understand the world…
Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.
The first half of life is devoted to forming a healthy ego, the second half is going inward and letting go of it.
No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.
Our heart glows, and secret unrest gnaws at the root of our being. Dealing with the unconscious has become a question of life for us.
A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.
Everything good is costly, and the development of the personality is one of the most costly of all things. It will cost you your innocence, your illusions, your certainty.
You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.