The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you"ll never get it done. read more

• Thought Spend Too Much Time Thinking About Thing Get Done

Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive read more

• Thought Like Hatred Jealousy Forbidden by Laws Life Essentially Destructive

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close. read more

• Thought Love Without Knowing How from Simply Problems Pride Way Do Any Loving Which Intimate Hand Upon Chest Fall Asleep Eyes Close

He who is controlled by objects loses possession of his inner self: if he no longer values himself, how can he value others? If he no longer values others, he is abandoned. He has nothing left! read more

• Thought Controlled by Objects Loses Possession Inner Self Longer Values Himself How Value Others Abandoned Nothing Left

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. read more

• Thought Things Nature Something Marvelous

Growth in wisdom may be exactly measured by decrease in bitterness. read more

• Wisdom Growth Wisdom Exactly Measured by Decrease Bitterness

That is the most extreme form of nihilism: nothingness (the "meaningless") eternally! read more

• Thought Most Extreme Form Nihilism Nothingness Meaningless Eternally

Injury makes one prudent," says the proverb; insofar as it makes one prudent it also makes one bad. Fortunately, it frequently makes people stupid. read more

• Thought Injury Makes Prudent Says Proverb Insofar Also Bad Fortunately Frequently People Stupid

The church is precisely that against which Jesus preached -- and against which he taught his disciples to fight. read more

• Thought Church Precisely Against Which Jesus Preached Taught Disciples Fight

What doesn"t kill me makes me stronger. read more

• Thought What Doesn Kill Makes Stronger