Quotes on Following Your Own Path

Furthermore, we have not even to risk the adventure alone; for the heroes of all time have gone before us; the labyrinth is thoroughly known; we have only to follow the thread of the hero-path. And where we had thought to find an abomination, we shall find a god; where we had thought to slay another, we shall slay ourselves; where we had thought to travel outward, we shall come to the center of our own existence; and where we had thought to be alone, we shall be with all the world.

If all that Americans want is security, they can go to prison. They'll have enough to eat, a bed and a roof over their heads. But if an American wants to preserve his dignity and his equality as a human being, he must not bow his neck to any dictatorial government.

The scandal of education is that every time you teach something, you deprive a [student] of the pleasure and benefit of discovery.

One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better.

If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it's not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That's why it's your path.

[T]here is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference ther eis, is very important.

To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your path, and don't worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest._x000D_ _x000D_ Always do what you are afraid to do.