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

I've come to know that what we want in life is the greatest indication of who we really are.

Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.

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.

The testimony of the greatest humans who have ever lived is that the way to make the most of ourselves is by transcending ourselves. We must learn to move beyond self-centeredness to make room within ourselves for others. When you transcend yourself, the fact will be confirmed by the quality of your life. We will attain – even if only momentarily – a transparency and a radiance of being which results from living both within and beyond yourself. This is the promise and the excitement of self-understanding.