The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

Whatlies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to whatlies inside of you.

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Man show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.

Maturityis the capacity to endure uncertainty.

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.