How much of my true self I camouflage and choke in order to commend myself to him, denying the fullness of me. How often have I paraded sweetness and interest when I felt otherwise; pretended to take careful leave of him on many an occasion when I would rather have walked right out. How I've toned myself down, diluted myself to maintain his approval.

... of the two kinds of order, the conscious and the unconscious order, only one is real. It's the order in the deep hidden places.

Inspiration is the richest nation I know, the most powerful on earth. Sexual energy Freud calls it; the capital of desire I call it; it pays for both mental and physical expenditure.

It's just as possible to live to the full in a narrow corner as it is in bigness.

Education, fundamentally, is the increase of the percentage of the conscious in relation to the unconscious. It must be a developing idea.

What a desire! ... to live in peace with that word: Myself.

Children have two visions, the inner and the outer. Of the two the inner vision is brighter.