“Obviously one must hold oneself responsible for the evil impulses of one's dreams. In what other way can one deal with them? Unless the content of the dream rightly understood is inspired by alien spirits, it is part of my own being.” WayDreamSpiritEvilUnderstandingMy OwnDealsUnderstoodResponsibleInspiredOneselfAliensImpulse Book:Collected Papers Source: Collected Papers
“It is better to grope in the dark and wade through a million errors to reach the Truth than to entrust oneself to someone who knows not that he knows not. Has a man ever learnt swimming by tying a stone to his neck? So let me go my own way even if it is the wrong one.” IfsKnowsMenWayDarkMy OwnMillionsStonesLet MeErrorsOneselfNecksSwimmingWadeLet Me Go Book:The Seeker: A Novel Source: The Seeker: A Novel
“I have nothing but myself to write about, no facts, no theories, no opinions, no adventures, no sentiments, nothing but my own poor barren individualism, of considerable interest to me, but I do not know why I should presume it will be so to you. Egotism is not tiresome, or it ought not to be, if one is sincere about oneself; but it is so hard to be sincere. Well, never mind, I mean to be, and you know me well enough to see through me when I am humbugging.” IfsKnowsShouldWritingMindWellsMeanHardEnoughFactsInterestMy OwnPoorOpinionAdventureTheoryOughtOneselfSincereSentimentsIndividualismKnow MeEgotismBarrenTiresome Book:The Nemesis of Faith Source: The Nemesis of Faith
“I paint with a language I can call my own... it takes a ruthless honesty with oneself. If one admires or is influenced by anyone else, one is not being true to oneself.” IfsI CanLanguageMy OwnHonestyPaintOneselfAdmireBeing TrueRuthlessTrue To Oneself Author:Scott Kahn