The right way to wholeness is made up of fateful detours and wrong turnings.

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

Man positively needs general ideas and convictions that will give a meaning to his life and enable him to find a place for himself in the universe.

A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them. As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being. Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

The sight of a child…will arouse certain longings in adult, civilized persons — longings which relate to the unfulfilled desires and needs of those parts of the personality which have been blotted out of the total picture in favor of the adapted persona.

How can anyone see straight when he does not see himself and the darkness he unconsciously carries with him into all his dealings?

Resistance to the organized mass can be effected only by the man who is as well organized in his individuality as the mass itself.