If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.

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

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of being.

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

To me dreams are part of nature, which harbors no intention to deceive but expresses something as best it can.

I have always been impressed by the fact that there are a surprising number of individuals who never use their minds if they can avoid it, and an equal number who do use their minds, but in an amazingly stupid way.

The greatest and most important problems of life are all fundamentally insoluble. They can never be solved but only outgrown.