If I'm among men who don't agree at all with my nature, I will hardly be able to accommodate myself to them without greatly changing myself. A free man who lives among the ignorant strives as far as he can to avoid their favors. A free man acts honestly, not deceptively. Only free man are genuinely useful to one another and can form true friendships. And it's absolutely permissible, by the highest right of Nature, for everyone to employ clear reason to determine how to live in a way that will allow him to flourish.

He had learned long ago that, in general, the easier it was for anxious patients to reach him, the less likely they were to call. (107)

Life as a therapist is a life of service in which we daily transcend our personal wishes and turn our gaze toward the needs and growth of the other. We take pleasure not only in the growth of our patient but also in the ripple effect—the salutary influence our patients have upon those whom they touch in life.

...the more unlived your life, the greater your death anxiety. The more you fail to experience your life fully, the more you will fear death.

Every person must choose how much truth he can stand.

The pain is there; when you close one door on it, it knocks to come in somewhere else.

Though the physicality of death destroys us, the idea of death may save us.