One cannot choose wisely for a life unless he dares to listen to himself, his own self, at each moment of his life.

Be independent of the good opinion of other people.

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.

What shall we think of a well-adjusted slave?

If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

Man has his future within him, dynamically alive at this present moment.

In order for us to become truly happy, that which we can become, we must become.