There is no satisfaction
There is no satisfaction that can compare with looking back across the years and finding you’ve grown in self-control, judgment, generosity, and unselfishness. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Discovery In Life
There are things which
There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind. Fyodor Dostoevsky
One\’s own self is
One’s own self is well hidden from one’s own self; of all mines of treasure, one’s own is the last to be dug up. Friedrich Nietzsche
Like an old gold-panning
Like an old gold-panning prospector, you must resign yourself to digging up a lot of sand from which you will later patiently wash out a few minute particles of gold ore. Dorothy Bryant
The greatest obstacle to
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance – it is the illusion of knowledge. Daniel J. Boorstin
For most men, life
For most men, life is a search for the proper Manila envelope in which to get themselves filed. Clifton Fadiman
Becoming conscious is of
Becoming conscious is of course a sacrilege against nature; it is as though you had robbed the unconscious of something. Carl Jung
Your vision will become
Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. Carl Jung
One must know oneself.
One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better. Blaise Pascal
There are three things
There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one’s self. Benjamin Franklin