“Desire is when you do what you want, will is when you can do what youdo not want.”

“Everything 'happens'. Peoplecan 'do' nothing. From the time we areborn to the time we die things happen, happen, happen, and we think weare doing. This is our normal state in life, and even the sma...”

“Q. But it seems to me there are circumstances that simply induce one to have negative emo”

“Many things are mechanical and should remain mechanical. But mechanical thoughts, mechanical feelingsthat is what has to be studied and can and should be changed. Mechanical thinking is not worth a...”

“Q. Surely it is easier to be objective about other people than aboutoneself?A. No, it is more difficult. If you become objective to yourself you cansee other people objectively, but not before, bec...”

“If one does not develop, one goes down. In life, in ordinary conditions everything goes down, or one capacity may develop at the expense of another.”

“The world outside is a strange, but relentless mirror.”

“...an optimistic mind-set finds dozens of possible solutions for every problem that the pessimist regards as incurable.”

“...when dogma enters the brain, all intellectual activity ceases. ”

“Don't just stand there and nod. The mind observes and cogitates, the heart engages, and I would encourage you to engage with the process.”

“The necessary and needful reaction from the collective unconscious expresses itself in archetypally formed ideas. The meeting with oneself is, at first, the meeting with one's own shadow. The shado...”

“The unconscious no sooner touches us than we are itwe become unconscious of ourselves. That is the age-old danger, instinctively known and feared by primitive man, who himself stands so very close ...”