We have a religious renaissance today in America, as many people say. I would say this religious renaissance, ninety percent of it is the greatest danger true religious experience has ever been confronted with.

Modern man lives under the illusion that he knows what he wants, while he actually wants what he is supposed to want.

Independent of others and in concert with others, your main task in life is to do what you can best do and become what you can potentially be.

The root of the word education is e-ducere, literally, to lead forth, or to bring out something which is potentially present.

For the most part, biophiliacs,lovers of life, are found among simple people, without pretensions.

I believe that if an individual is not on the path to transcending his society and seeing in what way it furthers or impedes the development of human potential, he cannot enter into intimate contact with his humanity.

Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either.