The member of a primitive clan might express his identity in the formula "I am we"; he cannot yet conceive of himself as an "individual," existing apart from his group.

Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'

Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.

It takes a moment to tell someone you love them, but it takes a lifetime to prove it.

Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice.

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.

The lust for power is not rooted in strength but in weakness.

The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.

The scars left from the child's defeat in the fight against irrational authority are to be found at the bottom of every neurosis.

To love somebody is not just a strong feeling - it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise.

We are at war. There will be scars. – Uttara Vairati

Half the time you think your thinking you’re actually listening

A difficulty for every solution.

Fashion, n. A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey.

I've often been asked to run for office. I have no desire to do that, I would not want my time with the family or the company restricted because of the demands of an elected position.

Why do we make so much of knowledge, struggle so hard to get some little skill not worth the effort?

We made 16 episodes of Cracker and I loved doing the show, but unfortunately no one was watching us.

All true artists, bear within themselves a deeply rooted and often unconscious desire for transformation.

Introverts are capable of acting like extroverts for the sake of work they consider important, people they love, or anything they value highly.

The nation ought to have a tax system which looks like someone designed it on purpose.