It's a matter of whether you see the self as fundamentally in relationship to other selves or not - whether you see the boundary between self and the world as relatively permeable, which makes you "interdependent" (collectivist) in outlook, or relatively impermeable, which makes you "independent" (individualistic).

That there should be a purpose to suffering, that a person should be chosen for it, special - these are houses of the mind, in which whole peoples have found shelter.

For students who are in the most creative group in America to somehow be presumed to be narrow is just completely meshugga.

Whatever I do in life, I'm almost always aware that there's another way to do it.

These are ideas that work for many, and that may well reflect your true understanding of life.

Many women tend toward the interdependent end of things, we tend to see ourselves in relationship to others to a far greater degree than men.

I hate to generalize because there are always so many exceptions to any rule.