Whatever Is Rejected From The Self Appears In The

When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate.

The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.

Time is an illusion.

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

The acceptance of oneself is the essence of the whole moral problem and the epitome of a whole outlook on life.

Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to a divine purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: That we are here for the sake of other men —above all for those upon whose smile and well-being our own happiness depends, for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy. Many times a day, I realize how much my outer and inner life is built upon the labors of people, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received and am still receiving.