The self divided is precisely where the self is authentically located. . . We all have identity crises because a single identity is a delusion of the monotheistic mind. . . Authenticity is in the illusion, playing it, seeing through it from within as we play it, like an actor who sees through his mask and can only see in this way.

As Plotinus tells us, we elected the body, the parents, the place, and the circumstances that suited the soul and that, as the myth says, belongs to its necessity.

It's very important for men to look downward, to the next generation

We can't change anything until we get some fresh ideas, until we begin to see things differently.

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

Teachers today can't take to a child.

It's better to go into the world half-cocked than not to go into the world at all.