The strangest and most fantastic fact about negative emotions is that people actually worship them.

Psychology is sometimes called a new science. This is quite wrong. Psychology is, perhaps, the oldest science, and, unfortunately, in its most essential features a forgotten science.

Possibly the most interesting first impression of my life came from the world of dreams.

The strangest and most fantastic fact about negative emotions is that people actually worship them.

Many things are mechanical and should remain mechanical. But mechanical thoughts, mechanical feelings—that is what has to be studied and can and should be changed. Mechanical thinking is not worth a penny. You can think about many things mechanically, but you will get nothing from it.

Love is the eternally burning fire in which humanity & all the world are being purified.

It is by overcoming obstacles that man develops those qualities he needs.