...consciousness can keep only a few images in full clarity at one time, and even this clarity fluctuates.

All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we then to depreciate imagination.

If people can be educated to see the lowly side of their own natures, it may be hoped that they will also learn to understand and to love their fellow men better. A little less hypocrisy and a little more tolerance towards oneself can only have good results in respect for our neighbor; for we are all too prone to transfer to our fellows the injustice and violence we inflict upon our own natures.

Nothing worse could happen to one than to be completely understood.

Science has destroyed even the refuge of the inner life. What was once a sheltering haven has become a place of terror

Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent.

Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.