The unconscious sends all sorts of vapors, odd beings, terrors, and deluding images up into the mind - whether in dream, broad daylight, or insanity: for the human kingdom, beneath the floor of the comparatively neat little dwelling that we call our consciousness, goes down into unsuspected Aladdin caves.

Participate joyfully in the sorrows of life

If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.

Could God exist if nobody else did? No. That’s why gods are very avid for worshipers. If there is nobody to worship them, there are no gods. There are as many gods as there are people thinking about God. In choosing your god, you choose your way of looking at the universe. There are plenty of Gods. Choose yours. The god you worship is the god you deserve.

If you want to change the world, you have to change the metaphor.

You have to have a feeling for where you are. You've got only one life to live and you don't have to live it for six people. Pay attention to it.

As a white candle / In a holy place, / So is the beauty / Of an aged face