In a word, to perceive an object abstractly means not to perceive some aspects of it. It clearly implies selection of some attributes, rejection of other attributes, creation or distortion of still others. We make of it what we wish. We create it.

Well why not a technology of joy, of happiness?

When people appear to be something other than good and decent, it is only because they are reacting to stress, pain, or the deprivation of basic human needs such as security, love, and self-esteem.

All of life is education and everybody is a teacher and everybody is forever a pupil.

We need not take refuge in supernatural gods to explain our saints and sages and heroes and statesmen, as if to explain our disbelief that mere unaided human beings could be that good or wise.

The loss of illusions and the discovery of identity, though painful at first, can be ultimately exhilarating and strengthening.

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