Something is born, comes into being, something that did not exist before - which is as good a definition of creativity as we can get.

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.

it's so easy to be a poetand so hard to be a man.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Your understanding and use of time decides the life you will have in the future.

You don’t know what it’s like to be alone until you’ve had someone inside your head.

My grandmother was from Guelph, Ont. I grew up playing ice hockey, I'm a massive fan. A great-uncle who was in the early days of the NHL played for the Chicago Blackhawks.

Be a perfect flow of energy in whatever you chose to do. This is perfect action.

The idea that global warming is the most important problem facing the world is total nonsense and is doing a lot of harm.

We live, we die, and the wheels on the bus go round and round.

A lot of the shadow self is the home of poetry, story, prayer. My deepest understandings are often released from the part of me of which I am least aware most of the time.

A complete need should not exist... love, life in common with loved ones?