Some split between the inner world and outer world is common to all behaviour, and the need to bridge the gap is the source of creative behaviour.

It is only when we no longer compulsively need someone that we can have a real relationship with them.

It's not psychopathology that counts. It's what you do with it.

Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms.

If we did not look to marriage as the principal source of happiness, fewer marriages would end in tears.

Whether a belief is considered to be a delusion or not depends partly upon the intensity with which it is defended, and partly upon the numbers of people subscribing to it.

I want to show that the dividing lines between sanity and mental illness have been drawn in the wrong place.

The human spirit is not indestructible; but a courageous few discover that, when in hell, they are granted a glimpse of heaven.

The professional must learn to be moved and touched emotionally, yet at the same time stand back objectively: I've seen a lot of damage done by tea and sympathy.

The creative person is constantly seeking to discover himself, to remodel his own identity, and to find meaning in what he creates.

The sane are madder than we think, the mad saner.

Our stories are what we have, ” Our Good Mother says. “Our stories preserve us. we give them to one another. Our stories have value. Do you understand?

Do not you realize you're talking to another person's ugliness yourself when you're talking about someone else?

No one can tell you what you can and cannot put in your book. So be brave and just write!

Is it possible to love someone and then stop loving them? I don't think I even know what love is

Solitude is pleasant. Loneliness is not.

What higher obligation does a President have than to explain his intentions to the people and persuade them that the direction he wishes to go is right?

I'm not sure what theory is, unless it's the pursuit of fundamental questions.

A setback is nothing but a setup for a comeback.

There is a dharma for yourself, for someone else, for a family, for a nation, for a universe. There are collective and individual dharmas.

Societal expectations matter little; personal expectations matter tremendously.