Recall how often in human history the saint and the rebel have be the same person. (p. 35)

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.

I have given my word that only death will take me from you.

Friends who mock your dreams are not qualified to keep dusting your door step with their footprints every time.

Vampires were myths, childhood stories– as were werewolves, mermaids and dragons. I believed none of it.

The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

We have found that it is easier for men to die together on the field of battle than it is for them to live together at home in peace.

Never underestimate the ruthlessness of the ego to keep you in a state of suffering in which you voluntarily participate.

I'm not politically active, but I'm saying [that] you can open up people's understanding of themselves and others with play.

Corporations must answer questions about why they should be in the blogosphere. Small Businesses need to answer questions about why they shouldn't.

I've always written songs with a visual counterpart in my mind that no one else can see.

I will never get married to the head of General Motors. I will never be the wife of a superstar. For those women, their lives are somebody else's. I will never be a Mrs. Blabidyblah!