The greatest and most important problems of life are all in a certain sense insoluble. They can never be solved, but only outgrown. This 'outgrowing', as I formerly called it, on further experience was seen to consist in a new level of consciousness. Some higher or wider interest arose on the person's horizon, and through this widening of view, the insoluble problem lost its urgency. It was not solved logically in its own terms, but faded out when confronted with a new and stronger life-tendency.

One of the main functions of formalized religion is to protect people against a direct experience of God.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness's of other people. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely. Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

But the meaning of life is not . . . explained by one's business life, nor is the deep desire of the human heart answered by a bank account.

We meet ourselves time and again in a thousand disguises on the path of life.

Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.

Dawn is born at midnight.