When people don't have any curiosity about themselves, that is always a bad sign.

Despair is the price one pays for self-awareness. Look deeply into life, and you'll always find despair.

The path to decision may be hard because it leads into the territory of both finiteness and groundlessness—domains soaked in anxiety.

If one is to love oneself one must behave in ways that one can admire.

He had learned long ago that, in general, the easier it was for anxious patients to reach him, the less likely they were to call. (107)

One comprehends oneself in order not to be preoccupied with oneself.

If we climb high enough, we will reach a height from which tragedy ceases to look tragic.