The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure.

So wie die Verruecktheit in einem hoeheren Sinn, der Anfang aller Weisheit ist, so ist die Schizophrenie der Anfang aller Kunst, aller Phantasie. (As insanity in a higher sense, is the beginning of all wisdom, so is schizophrenia the beginning of all art, all fantasy.)

You must find your dream, then the way becomes easy.

A man who is ill-adjusted to the world is always on the verge of finding himself. One who is adjusted to the world never finds himself, but gets to be a cabinet minister.

To be able to throw one's self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a woman's smile - that is happiness.

What he had not learned, however, was this: to find contentment in himself and his own life

Theory is knowledge that doesn't work. Practice is when everything works and you don't know why.