The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

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The word elief is a difficult thing for me. I don't believe. I must have...

The word elief is a difficult thing for me. I don't believe. I must have...

Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.

Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.

There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as...

There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as...

The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest...

The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest...

In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.

In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.

Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.

Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.

The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.

The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love...

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love...

Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree...

Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree...

Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy...

Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy...

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine...

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine...

The word happiness would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.

The word happiness would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who...

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who...

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances; if there...

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances; if there...

Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the...

Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the...

The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too...

The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too...

Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities that...

Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities that...

Without this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The...

Without this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The...

Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch as one can...

Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch as one can...