One longs for the presence of a leader like Lincoln, who openly admitted his doubts and as openly preserved his commitment.

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.

You could say I’m so manly I don’t even allow manly stereotypes to influence my actions

All labour is directed towards producing some effect.

I amused myself playing with the journalists.

It is as healthy to enjoy sentiment as to enjoy jam.

We read books, talked books, argued over books and became dearer and dearer to one another.

If you're building a social product, you're still living in the last century if your product doesn't work on Facebook.

If I feel like it's a well-written script and if it speaks to me, it's something I want to do. I usually rely on my instincts when it comes to a script.

Most urgently, women's identity must be premised upon our 'beauty' so that we will remain vulnerable to outside approval, carrying the vital sensitive organ of self-esteem exposed to the air.

He who is dying of hunger must be fed rather than taught.

Action is the catalyst that creates accomplishments. It is the path that takes us from uncrafted hopes to realized dreams.