It would be absurd if we did not understand both angels and devils, since we invented them. East Of Eden
“He had started to suspect that his venerable father and his other teachers, that the wise Brahmans had already revealed to him the most and best of their wisdom, that they had already filled his expecting vessel with their richness, and the vessel was not full, the spirit was not content, the soul was not calm, the heart was not satisfied.” Siddhartha
Life is not primarily a quest for pleasure, as Freud believed, or a quest for power, as Alfred Adler taught, but a quest for meaning. The greatest task for any person is to find meaning in his or her own life. Man's Search For Meaning
A few hours' mountain climbing make of a rogue and a saint two fairly equal creatures. Human, All Too Human
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