Midlife is when you reach the top of the ladder and find that it was against the wrong wall.

Mephistopheles, the machine man, can provide us with all the means, and is thus likely to determine the aims of life as well. But of course the characteristic of Faust, which makes him eligible to be saved, is that he seeks aims that are not those of the machine.

Not all who hesitate are lost. The psyche has many secrets in reserve. And these are not disclosed unless required.

I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave.

Following your bliss is not self-indulgent, but vital; your whole physical system knows that this is the way to be alive in this world and the way to give to the world the very best that you have to offer. There IS a track just waiting for each of us and once on it, doors will open that were not open before and would not open for anyone else.

A myth doesn't have to be real to be true.

Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be. Being alive is the meaning.