The human spirit is not indestructible; but a courageous few discover that, when in hell, they are granted a glimpse of heaven.

It is only when we no longer compulsively need someone that we can have a real relationship with them.

The human spirit is not indestructible; but a courageous few discover that, when in hell, they are granted a glimpse of heaven.

In a culture in which interpersonal relationships are generally considered to provide the answer to every form of distress, it is sometimes difficult to persuade well-meaning helpers that solitude can be as therapeutic as emotional support.

What chiefly concerns and alarms many of us are the problems arising from religious fanaticism. As long as large numbers of militant enthusiasts are persuaded that they alone have access to the truth, and that the rest of us are infidels, we remain under threat. Lord Acton's famous phrase about power can be used of another danger. Dogma tends to corrupt, and absolute dogma corrupts absolutely.

So-called "inspiration" is no more than an extreme example of a process which constantly goes on in the minds of all of us.

I want to show that the dividing lines between sanity and mental illness have been drawn in the wrong place.