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

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

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.

The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt but in spite of doubt.

I now know, by an almost fatalistic conformity with the facts, that my destiny is to travel...

Something came out from my heart into my throat and then into my eyes.

Given my age, I am pretty near the end, probably, of my career as a writer, a scholar, a teacher. And I wanted to speak of things I will not be able to do.

Didn't have Nintendo, we just poured salt on snails.

Accurst be he that first invented war.

The most enviable praise of all is just to be called an honest man.

You bring out a lot of your own thoughts and attitudes when acting. I think a great deal of it has to do with the inner you.

I sit down religiously every morning, I sit down for eight hours every day - and the sitting down is all.

But I majored in Drama, modified with Psychology.

New Mexico is full of brave men and women who have dedicated their lives to service.