“I've spent my life cultivating knowledge of myself. But the more I know myself, the more utterly mysterious I become.” KnowsMysteriousCultivating Author:Sam Keen
“The more we chase away the false mysteries - those things we think we know about ourselves and others - the more mysterious our existence becomes.” ThinkingKnowsExistenceMysteryMysterious Author:Sam Keen
“At thirty I lived in a world where death wasn't immediately real; it was always something "out there." My deeply held illusions of immortality - a product of my very conservative religious upbringing - were still pretty much intact.” WorldStillsRealReligiousProductsIllusionConservativeImmortalityThirtyUpbringing Author:Sam Keen
“I think there are families that are very kind and supportive of people's ability to change. People who come from such families may go through life without dipping into the dark night.” PeopleThinkingKindMayNightDarkAbilitySupportiveDark NightAbility To Change Author:Sam Keen
“Being pretty successful, I can, of course, afford some luxuries. But I realize again and again how we have to disillusion ourselves of the idea that these things are going to give us real satisfaction.” GivingI CanIdeasRealCoursesRealizingSuccessfulSatisfactionLuxuryAgain And AgainDisillusionBeing Pretty Author:Sam Keen
“If we come from good families where we have been supported well, there is a disillusionment we have to undergo in terms of the culture's values. We have to get beyond our cultural mythology to find out who we are.” IfsWellsHas BeensValuesCultureTermMythologyWho We AreDisillusionmentGood Family Author:Sam Keen
“I think it's increasingly hard to have deep self-knowledge without entering the darkness in some way.” ThinkingWaySelfHardDarknessSelf KnowledgeEntering Author:Sam Keen
“When you genuinely lose your illusions, you begin to marvel at things, because you don't have the answers any more.” LosesAnswersIllusion Author:Sam Keen
“The abyss beyond our beliefs is something we have to pass through in order to see the world anew, to see it in terms not dictated so much by our culture, our parents, or our religious convictions.” WorldOrderCultureBeliefParentTermReligiousConvictionAbyss Author:Sam Keen
“But I'm more interested in why people are frightened by Jaws and why Jaws was such a hit than saying Spielberg's my main influence.” PeopleInfluenceFrightened Author:Damien Hirst
