Evil, in this system of ethics, is that which tears apart, shuts out the other person, raises barriers, sets people against each other.

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.

Feelings are the directional impulses of your soul. Your soul always wants you to go into the direction of greater joy.

With all my heart, I’m willing to try a start

I was eight years old and scared, and had no idea what was going on

Temperance and labor are the two real physicians of man.

I am a simple man and I use simple materials: Ivory Black, Vermilion, Prussian Blue, Yellow Ochre, Flake White and no medium. That’s all I’ve ever used in my paintings.

I want people to leave the theater and think, "How can I be a better person?" That's the only way things are going to improve.

I’ve never been comfortable around groups of guys when it gets into the putting-down. My past being a kind of geek - it kind of turns into an attack on the weakest of the group.

I love the first hour of a horror movie, the fear and anticipation. Then, when it gets bloody, I lose interest.

Whatever I did lyrically or vocally, just to try and get better at everything.

I am too slow to be a good climber, so I film instead.