Creativity is a yearning for immortality

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.

Mindfulness helps us to set boundaries by revealing what makes us unhappy & what brings us peace.

I've got a stomach now as well as a behind. And I mean - well, you can't pull it in both ways, can you? ... I've made it a rule to pull in my stomach and let my behind look after itself.

For most of my life, I wasn't on the Left.

The primary task of a Jew in turbulent times is to be Jewish.

There's always room for improvement. We have a nucleus that's pretty good. You want players that will help.

Scientia is knowledge. It is only in the popular mind that it is equated with facts.

The let-go of the last little bit is the biggest because, in that, there is no return.

I always say believe for a bunch, and even if you only get half of it you are better off than believing for a little and getting all of it.

I think anyone who gives you relationship advice goes off of past relationships they have that didn't work. You've got to follow your own path.

I like the idea of being a role model. It's an honor.