The great decisions of human life have as a rule far more to do with the instincts and other mysterious unconscious factors than with conscious will and well-meaning reasonableness. The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases. Each of us carries his own life-form- an indeterminable form which cannot be superseded by any other.

The time is a critical one, for it marks the beginning of the second half of life, when a metanoia, a mental transformation, not infrequently occurs. (on being 36 yrs old)

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

Whenever we give up, leave behind, and forget too much, there is always the danger that the things we have neglected will return with added force

Nothing affects the life of a child so much as the unlived life of its parent

Observance of customs and laws can very easily be a cloak for a lie so subtle that our fellow human beings are unable to detect it.

The Platonic world of ideas corresponds to Thinking and Sensation on the mystical level.