I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane.

We must remember that knowledge of one’s own deep nature is also simultaneously knowledge of human nature in general.

It isn't normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.

One can go back toward safety or forward toward growth.

If the essential core of the person is denied or suppressed, he gets sick sometimes in obvious ways, sometimes in subtle ways, sometimes immediately, sometimes later.

One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.

The spiritual life is part of the human essence. It is a defining characteristic of human nature, without which human nature is not fully human.