The foundation of all mental illness is the unwillingness to experience legitimate suffering.

My own understanding is the sole treasure I possess, and the greatest. Though infinitely small and fragile in comparison with the powers of darkness, it is still a light, my only light.

Trust that which gives you meaning and accept it as your guide

It is proverbial, of course, that man never learns from history, and, as a rule, in respect to a problem of the present, it can teach us simply nothing. The new must be made through untrodden regions, without suppositions, and often, unfortunately, without piety also.

Life is teleology par excellence; it is the intrinsic striving towards a goal, and the living organism is a system of directed aims which seek to fulfill themselves.

It is only our deeds that reveal who we are.

When goals go, meaning goes. When meaning goes, purpose goes. When purpose goes, life goes dead on our hands.