To the extent that language forces experiences into categories it is a screen between reality and the human being. In a word, we pay for its benefits... Therefore, while using language, as we must of necessity, we should be aware of its shortcomings.

It is vital that people "count their blessings:" to appreciate what they possess without having to undergo its actual loss.

Secrecy, censorship, dishonesty, and blocking of communication threaten all the basic needs.

It isn't normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.

The human being needs a framework of values, a philosophy of life, a religion or religion-surrogate to live by and understand by, in about the same sense that he needs sunlight, calcium or love.

What shall we think of a well-adjusted slave?

The most stable, and therefore, the most healthy self-esteem is based on deserved respect from others rather than on external fame or celebrity and unwarranted adulation.