Will, therefore, is the unbroken determination to exercise free choice as well as self-restraint, in spite of the unavoidable experience of shame and doubt in infancy.

Hope is the enduring belief in the attainability of fervent wishes, in spite of the dark urges and rages which mark the beginning of existence. Hope is the ontogenetic basis of faith, and is nourished by the adult faith which pervades patterns of care.

The richest and fullest lives attempt to achieve an inner balance between three realms: work, love and play.

In the social jungle of human existence, there is no feeling of being alive without a sense of identity.

The sense of identity provides the ability to experience one's self as something that has continuity and sameness, and to act accordingly.

You've got to learn to accept the law of life, and face the fact that we disintegrate slowly.

If life is to be sustained, hope must remain.