Care is a state in which something does matter; care is the opposite of apathy. Care is the necessary source of eros, the source of human tenderness.

The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.

Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.

If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself.

Fortunately, however, we no longer have to argue that self -love is not only necessary and good but that it also is a prerequisite for loving others.

Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.

Many people suffer from the fear of finding oneself alone, and so they don't find themselves at all.

Real freedom is the ability to pause between stimulus and response, and in that pause, choose.

In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.

The schizoid man is the natural product of the technological man. It is one way to live and is increasingly utilized and it may explode into violence.

It wasn't until I was 37 that I grasped the great truth that you've got to write your own books and nobody else's, and then everything followed from there.

The Book CharmYour Story Will Never End As Long As Your Chapters Are Shared

I don't get a chance to be funny with the thrillers. I like to be funny, and I think I am really funny. So with 'Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life', it was fun to let loose.

I don't know if I would do sequels. I almost feel like when I'm done with them, they're going to have to find their own way.

I've always found music that is carnal very attractive but not in the most obvious way.

As it is pleasant to see the sea from the land, so it is pleasant for him who has escaped from troubles to think of them.

A brand is a person’s gut feeling about a product, service or organization

Humans are vulnerable, messy little animals and that's normal. And all I want to do is make a space for that in my films.

Your conscience is no defense against you sins; however, it can unfortunately deny you the pleasure of enjoying them.

The gap between the young people and the rest of society is that...young people don't have hope.