The average American is not concerned with his society. He talks about it, but you know if one speaks of being concerned, I mean something about which one loses one's sleep, sometimes.

Optimism is an alienated form of faith, pessimism an alienated form of despair.

We all dream; we do not understand our dreams, yet we act as if nothing strange goes on in our sleep minds, strange at least by comparison with the logical, purposeful doings of our minds when we are awake.

The right to express our thoughts means something only if we are able to have thoughts of our own

Conditions for creativity are to be puzzled; to concentrate; to accept conflict and tension; to be born everyday; to feel a sense of self.

Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

Man can never stand still. He must find solutions to this contradiction, and ever better solutions to the extent to which reality enables him.