“He who cannot obey himself will be commanded. That is the nature of living creatures.”

There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.

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

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

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

The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.

One repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil.

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.

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