Faculty X is a sense of reality of other places and other times, and it is the possession of it—fragmentary and uncertain though it is—that distinguishes man from all other animals.

Man is brilliant at solving problems; but solving them only makes him the victim of his own childishness and laziness. It is this recognition that has made almost every major philosopher in history a pessimist.

When I open my eyes in the morning, I am not confronted by a world, but by a million possible worlds.

Turning on the light is easy if you know where the switch is.

The outsider is not sure who he is. He has found an “I”, but it is not his true “I”.’ His main business is to find his way back to himself.

The self-surmounter can never put up with the man who has ceased to be dissatisfied with himself.

A symphony is a stage play with the parts written for instruments instead of for actors.