We may feel genuinely concerned about world conditions, though such a concern should drive us into action and not into a depression.

That many-faceted thing called love succeeds in building bridges from the loneliness on this shore to the loneliness on the other one. These bridges can be of great beauty, but they are rarely built for eternity, and frequently they cannot tolerate too heavy a burden without collapsing.

Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.

Is not the tremendous strength in men of the impulse to creative work in every field precisely due to their feeling of playing a relatively small part in the creation of living beings, which constantly impels them to an overcompensation in achievement?

If you want to be proud of yourself, then do things in which you can take pride

Because it corresponds to a vital need, love is overvalued in our culture. It becomes a phantom - like success - carrying with it the illusion that it is a solution for all problems.

We may feel genuinely concerned about world conditions, though such a concern should drive us into action and not into a depression.