When a person acts without knowledge of what he thinks, feels, needs or wants, he does not yet have the option of choosing to act differently.

A paradox arises: the only way to meaning in freedom is through boundaries. The only way that boundaries make any sense at all is through freedom.

You can at any time decide to alter the course of your life; no one can take that away.

Viewing the child solely as an immature person is a way of escaping comforting him.

The most dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men but between a man and himself - where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Creative life is always based on the values of the self, not on the values of the system.

When we are not honest, we are cut off from a significant resource of ourselves, a vital dimension that is necessary for unity and wholeness.

You're not completely alone, you have me! Even if the entire world turns its back on you, you'll still be the strongest as long as you have me!

Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask any scientist. God is hard to believe, ask any believer.

Pride? What are you talking about?” “You wear your independence like a badge of honor. Bound and determined to allow no man to take care of you.

I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments but not with comprehension.

I knew my affection for the Philippines was equally as telling: a democracy on paper, apparently well ordered, regularly subverted by irrational chaos. A place where I'd felt instantly at home.

Conventions are like coins, an easy way of dealing with the commerce of relations.

I'm crazy enough to believe that maybe I'll never lose a fight.

One person can stop a great injustice. One person can be a voice for truth. One person’s kindness can save a life.

We might make a lot of money but, we also spend a lot of money.