Deep Quotes

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

Ancient Greek philosopher and founder of Western philosophy

"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."

Theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

Ancient Greek philosopher and founder of Western philosophy

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."

Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath

"Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does."

French existentialist philosopher, playwright, and novelist

"The wound is the place where the Light enters you."

13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic

"He who has a why to live can bear almost any how."

German philosopher known for his critique of morality and religion

"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

Spiritual teacher and founder of Buddhism

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."

American essayist, philosopher, and poet

"The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek."

American professor of literature and comparative mythology

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

American essayist, philosopher, and poet

"The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind."

German philosopher known for his critique of morality and religion

"Not all those who wander are lost."

English writer and philologist, author of The Lord of the Rings

"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate."

Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology

"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change."

Theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity

"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response."

Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, and Holocaust survivor

"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom."

Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath

"The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts."

Roman Emperor and Stoic philosopher

"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."

Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology

"The only way out is through."

American poet known for his realistic depictions of rural life

"We suffer more in imagination than in reality."

Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist

"The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why."

American writer, humorist, and entrepreneur

"What you are aware of, you are in control of; what you are not aware of is in control of you."

Indian Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, and spiritual teacher

"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it is not the same river and he is not the same man."

Ancient Greek philosopher known as the weeping philosopher

"The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are."

Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology