As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.
The great decisions of human life have as a rule far more to do with the instincts and other mysterious unconscious factors than with conscious will and well-meaning reasonableness.
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The world will ask you who you are, and if you don't know, the world will tell you.
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.
If a man knows more than others, he becomes lonely.
People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls.
I simply believe that some part of the human Self or Soul is not subject to the laws of space and time.
Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.
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One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes.
The hardest thing to explain is the glaring evident which everybody had decided not to see.
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.
More is lost by indecision than wrong decision.
Instead of dirt and poison we have rather chosen to fill our hives with honey and wax; thus furnishing mankind with the two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light.
Unsuccessful people make decisions based on current situations. Successful people make decisions based on where they want to be.
Are you one of the flock that follows, or Are you one that shall lead the way?
Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.
If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.
When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
The free flow of conflicting ideas and feelings is critical for creative thinking, for discovering new solutions no one individual would have come to on his own.
Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even dearth is one of the things that Nature wills.
Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.
