In love, no one can harm anyone else; we are each responsible for our own feelings and cannot blame someone else for what we feel. The Alchemist
Suicide may also be regarded as an experiment — a question which man puts to Nature, trying to force her to answer. The question is this: What change will death produce in a man’s existence and in his insight into the nature of things? It is a clumsy experiment to make; for it involves the destruction of the very consciousness which puts the question and awaits the answer. Counsels and Maxims
Have you noticed that all your foundations are completely mired in madness? Do you not want to recognize your madness and welcome it in a friendly manner? You wanted to accept everything. So accept madness too. Let the light of your madness shine, and it will suddenly dawn on you. Madness is not to be despised and not to be feared, but instead you should give it life. The Red Book
Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. Autumn Leaves
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