The essence of boredom is to be found in the obsessive search for novelty.

Not to dream more boldly may turn out to be, in view of present realities, simply irresponsible.

History tells us more than we want to know about what is wrong with man, and we can hardly turn a page in the daily press without learning the specific time, place, and name of evil. But perhaps the most pervasive evil of all rarely appears in the news. This evil, the waste of human potential, is particularly painful to recognize for it strikes our parents and children, our friends and brothers, ourselves.

Mastery is a journey, and that the master must have the courage to risk failure.

Ultimately, human intentionality is the most powerful evolutionary force on this planet.

To learn is to change.

The real juice of life, whether it be sweet or bitter, is to be found not nearly so much in the products of our efforts as in the process of living itself, in how it feels to be alive.