Getting used to our blessings is one of the most important non-evil generators of human evil, tragedy and suffering.

One of the goals of education should be to teach that life is precious.

We fear to know the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves, but we fear even more to know the godlike in ourselves.

But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication.

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

One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.

One can go back toward safety or forward toward growth.