“They thought that it would be a disgrace to go forth as a group. Each entered the forest at a point that he himself had chosen, where it was darkest and there was no path. If there is a path it is someone else's path and you are not on the adventure.”

“In order to have faith in his own path, he does not need to prove that someone else's path is wrong.”

Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist

“If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.”

C.G. Jung (1875–1961) Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology

“If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.”

Joseph Campbell (1904–1987) American mythologist, writer and lecturer

“It's funny about paths and rivers," he mused. "You see them go by, and suddenly you feel upset and want to be somewhere else--wherever the path or the river is going, perhaps.”

Tove Jansson book Comet in Moominland

“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

“Come now, my child, if we were planning to harm you, do you think we'd be lurking here beside the path in the very darkest part of the forest?”

Kenneth Patchen (1911–1972) American writer and poet

“If I were someone who led himself, I would not take the path that leads to death.”

Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet

“The Path of Purification is the Probationary Path, on which certain qualifications must be developed; the Path of Illumination is the Path of Holiness, subdivided into four stages, each of which is entered by a special Initiation, symbolized among Christians as the Birth, Baptism, Transfiguration, and Passion of Christ; the Path of Union is the attainment of Masterhood, Liberation, Final Salvation.”

Annie Besant (1847–1933) British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator

“You've chosen the path of pain!”

Alex Jones (1974) American radio host, author, conspiracy theorist and filmmaker