Seriousness is an accident of time. It consists of putting too high a value on time. In eternity there is no time. Eternity is a moment, just long enough for a joke

To die is to go into the Collective Unconscious, to lose oneself in order to be transformed into form, pure form.

Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.

For the first time in my life I tasted death, and death tasted bitter, for death is birth, is fear and dread of some terrible renewal.

When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.

Faith and doubt go hand in hand, they are complementaries. One who never doubts will never truly believe.

It taught him how to listen -- how to listen with a quiet heart and a waiting soul, open soul, without passion, without desire, without judgment, without opinion.