What do we mean by saying that existence precedes essence? We mean that man first of all exists, encounters himself, surges up in the world-and defines himself afterward.

I think of death only with tranquility, as an end. I refuse to let death hamper life. Death must enter life only to define it.

Why is it that we so easily confide secrets to strangers that we so carefully hide from ourselves?

You will be your best self when you take time to understand what you really need, feel, think and want.

Beware of your thoughts, for they are not YOU!

Self-questioning is bound to arise at the outset of any worthy quest attempting to gain self-knowledge, and this disconcerting sense of uneasiness will continue to surface akin to a petulant sea serpent until a person undertaking a vision quest either discovers a safe haven or perceptively changes the trajectory of their destructive life.