Securities, certitudes and peace do not lead to discoveries.

In knowing ourselves to be unique, we possess the capacity for becoming conscious of the infinite. But only then!

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)

We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect; we apprehend it just as much by feeling. Therefore, the judgment of the intellect is, at best, only the half of truth, and must, if it be honest, also come to an understanding of its inadequacy.

It is sad but unfortunately true that man learns nothing from history.

The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.

We do not feel as if we were producing the dreams, it is rather as if the dreams came to us. They are not subject to our control but obey their own laws.