We can consider the process of healthy growth to be a never ending series of free choice situations, confronting each individual at every point throughout his life, in which he must choose between the delights of safety and growth, dependence and independence, regression and progression, immaturity and maturity.

Only the flexibly creative person can really manage the future, Only the one who can face novelty with confidence and without fear.

To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.

False optimism sooner or later means disillusionment , anger and hopelessness.

...the great lesson is that the sacred is in the ordinary, that it is to be found in one's daily life, in one's neighbors, friends, and family, in one's backyard.

People are not evil; they are schlemiels.

A positive self image and healthy self esteem is based on approval, acceptance and recognition from others; but also upon actual accomplishments, achievements and success upon the realistic self confidence which ensues.