The most important factor for the development of the individual is the structure and the values of the society into which he was born.

One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often.

The most beautiful as well as the most ugly inclinations of man are not part of a fixed biologically given human nature, but result from the social process which creates man.

There is only one reality: the act of feeling ourselves in the process of making choices.

To take the difficulties, setbacks and sorrows of life as a challenge to overcome makes us stronger, rather than unjust punishment which should not happen to us, requires faith and courage.

The affirmation of one's own life, happiness, growth and freedom, is rooted in one's capacity to love.

An illusion shared by everyone becomes a reality.