The hallmark of courage in our age of conformity is the capacity to stand on one's own convictions - not obstinately or defiantly

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.

Do you come here often?"..."Often enough, but I've never sat across from such a beautiful woman before.

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life in order to keep it.

Some of my students have had really bad experiences with religion. They moved away from talking to God. For a lot of people, angels are a gentle route back to the Creator.

Communists are frustrated capitalists.

The craziest thing about TV directing is I turned in a version, and then they made their final changes - so I don't know what they are. So I'm like, "Ooo, I'm dying to see the final print."

Carrying a poppy he passes through the quarrel.

All reduction of people to objects, all imposition of labels and patterns to which they must conform, all segregation can lead only to destruction.

For me personally, I don't pray using words - it is just with my intent. Why do I need to pray with "words," to something external, when I know what I want?

If it's OK to register cars and license drivers, why is it not OK to impose similar legal responsibilities on gun owners?

Confidence is the illusion born of accidental success.