To remember oneself means the same thing as to be aware of oneself - I am. It is not a function, not thinking, not feeling; it is a different state of consciousness.

Attaining consciousness is connected with the gradual liberation from mechanicalness, for man is fully and completely under mechanical laws.

Desire is when you do what you want, will is when you can do what you do not want.

The greatest barrier to consciousness is the belief that one is already conscious.

A symbol may serve to transfer our intuitions and to suggest new ones only so long as its meaning is not defined.

In all living nature (and perhaps also in that which we consider as dead) love is the motive force which drives the creative activity in the most diverse directions.

One cannot keep all old views and opinions and acquire new ones.