Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.

Time ripens all things; no one is born wise.

Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.

A life not lived for others is not a life.

There is also this benefit in brag: that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.

Exceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.

The knowledge of oneself will preserve that person from vanity.

The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.

Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.

How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.

Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Unsatisfied desire is in itself more desirable than any other satisfaction.

Life's a journey, not a destination.

To forgive is not just to be altruistic.

The future is the shape of things to come.