You must go in quest of yourself, and you will find yourself again only in the simple and forgotten things.

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

Our unconscious is the key to our life's pursuits.

Moreover, my ancestors' souls are sustained by the atmosphere of the house, since I answer for them the questions that their lives once left behind. I carve out rough answers as best I can. I have even drawn them on the walls. It is as if a silent, greater family, stretching down the centuries, were peopling the house.

Madness is a special form of the spirit and clings to all teachings and philosophies, but even more to daily life, since life itself is full of craziness and at bottom utterly illogical. Man strives toward reason only so that he can make rules for himself.

We don't so much solve our problems as we outgrow them. We add capacities and experiences that eventually make us bigger than the problems.

Everyone is in love with his own ideas