You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety.

The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.

What is the good life? What is the good man? The good woman? What is the good society and what is my relation to it? What are my obligations to society? What is best for my children? What is justice? Truth? Virtue? What is my relation to nature, to death, to aging, to pain, to illness? How can I live a zestful, enjoyable, meaningful life? What is my responsibility to my brothers? Who are my brothers? What shall I be loyal to? What must I be ready to die for?

Even when adults do feel their safety to be threatened, we may not be able to see this on the surface. Infants will react in a fashion as if they were endangered, if they are disturbed or dropped suddenly, startled by loud noises, flashing light

Human beings seem to be far more autonomous and self-governed than modern psychological theory allows for.

Human nature is not nearly as bad as it has been thought to be.

The spiritual life is part of the human essence. It is a defining characteristic of human nature, without which human nature is not fully human.