“As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.”

“‎"...the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.”

“A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them. As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being. Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”

“There can be no transforming of darkness into light and of apathy into movement without emotion”

“Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.”

“If we feel our way into the human secrets of the sick person, the madness also reveals its system, and we recognize in the mental illness merely an exceptional reaction to emotional problems which are not strange to us.--"The Content of the Psychoses”

“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”