Man is born as a freak of nature, being within nature and yet transcending it. He has to find principles of action and decision-making which replace the principles of instincts.

People seek a new orientation, a new philosophy, one which is centered on the priorities of life-physically and spiritually-and not on the priorities of death.

There is nothing inhuman, evil, or irrational which does not give some comfort, provided it is shared by a group.

The whole life of the individual is nothing but the process of giving birth to himself; indeed, we should be fully born when we die.

The spirit of a production-centered, commodity-greedy society is such that only the non-conformist can defend himself sufficiently against it. Those who are seriously concerned with love as the only rational answer to the problem of human existence must, then, arrive at the conclusion that important and radical changes in our social structure are necessary, if love is to become a social and not a highly individualistic, marginal phenomenon.

To live is to be born every minute. Death occurs when birth stops.

Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.