Every person is, in part, 'his own project' and makes himself.

The chicken came first - God would look silly sitting on an egg.

A first-rate soup is more creative than a second-rate painting.

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.

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

As one studies these preconditions, one becomes saddened by the ease with which human potentiality can be destroyed or repressed, so that a fully-human person can seem like a miracle, so improbable a happening as to be awe-inspiring. And simultaneously one is heartened by the fact that self-actualizing persons do in fact exist, that they are therefore possible, that the gauntlet of dangers can be run, that the finish line can be crossed.

What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.