Courage is the basic virtue for everyone so long as he continues to grow to move ahead.

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.

The spectacle is at the same time the mirage of self in the mirror of things.

When positive attitudes meet with faith, courage, consistency and perseverance, miracles tend to happen.

For one who knows not God – Mighty and Glorious!- silence is imperative, and for one who knows God Most High silence is prescribed.

When people can't give anything and are only there for themselves, why should others use their time and energy to get involved? There's no benefit.

If you haven't forgiven yourself something how can you forgive others?

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance.

If Elmore Leonard met Jim Thompson down a dark alley at midnight they might emerge a week later with thick beards, bloodshot eyes and the manuscript for THE BIG O.

It was both comforting and terrifying to go in to audition for 'The Girl in the Cafe,' as I'd worked with everyone in the room on 'State Of Play.'

When you get up in the morning, let your first thought be directed towards God.

Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self-helping man.