Aloneness is a wise teacher. Kierkegaard remarked that one sign of spiritual maturity was the ability to be comfortable when alone.

Persistence prevails, like a stream that is temporarily blocked by boulders and then collects force enough to overflow onward.

We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.

We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us.

The reason why most people are frustrated is because a lie cannot be turned into a truth.

Insight into the two selves within a man clears up many confusions and contradictions. It was our understanding that preceded our victory.

Bitterness is the outcome of a wrong mental movement - the attempt to force external events to conform to internal fantasy. The cure is to see fantasy as fantasy, which will reveal it as neither necessary nor rewarding.