In my clinical experience, the greatest block to a person's development is his having to take on a way of life which is not rooted in his own powers.

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.

Business crises energize me. Personal crises devastate me. The doctors call it an avoidance tendency. (Mirena to Eve)

Maybe the best way for you to get us to summon our better selves is for you to show us yours.

Purity is innocence, the innocence of lack of self. Desire is innocent unless it's connected with self.

Jesus, Food of strong souls, strengthen me, purify me, make me godlike

Every television show you go on is a choice.

Prayer allows us to wait without worry.

Never run into debt, not if you can find anything else to run into.

Hillary Clinton has emphasized that she is afflicted with or possessed of the responsibility gene.

I get labelled as just being about one thing, but there's lots of layers to what I do.

When we have a clear sense of our destination, we can be flexible in the route we take to reach it.