Man has his future within him, dynamically alive at this present moment.
Human beings seem to be far more autonomous and self-governed than modern psychological theory allows for.
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.
Be independent of the good opinion of other people.
Every person is, in part, 'his own project' and makes himself.
...the great lesson is that the sacred is in the ordinary, that it is to be found in one's daily life, in one's neighbors, friends, and family, in one's backyard.