“Not to borrow the strength of another, nor to rely on one’s own strength; to cut off past and future thoughts, and not to live within the everyday mind…then the Great Way is right before one’s eyes”.”
“One of the truest signs of strength is accepting one’s own weaknesses.”
“I suppose that one’s years spent living do not reflect a measure of our souls or strength of character.”
“Giving style” to one’s character - a great and rare art! It is exercised by those who see all the strengths and weaknesses of their own natures and then comprehend them in an artistic plan until everything appears as art and reason and even weakness delights the eye.”
“If evil means to be self-motivated, to be the center of one’s own universe, to live on one’s own terms, then every artist, every thinker, every original mind, is evil.”
“Everyone was fucked up in their own way; as before, it was a mark of one’s individuality.”