“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.”

And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.