With thorns in the inner world there will always be roses in the outer world, in law-able compensation.

Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation itself brings about certain changes in his inner processes. He begins to understand that self-observation is an instrument of self-change, a means of awakening.

One of the strongest motives for wishing to work on yourself is the realization that you may die at any moment - only you must first realize this.

Only super-efforts count.

If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest.

Consciousness is a state in which a man knows all at once everything that he in general knows and in which he can see how little he does know and how many contradictions there are in what he knows.

In properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required is simply a little trust and even that only for a little while, for the sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it is for him.