The self-explorer, whether he wants to or not, becomes the explorer of everything else. He learns to see himself, but suddenly, provided he was honest, all the rest appears, and it is as rich as he was, and, as a final crowning, richer."

The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something trickle about them. A lot disappears in order for something to suddenly appear in the palm of the hand.

"The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble."

Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true.

One should use praise to recognize what one is not.