I am free when I am functioning here in time and space as the creative will. ... freedom by our definition is obedience to the law of one's nature.

We should never allow ourselves to be bullied by an either-or. There is often the possibility of something better than either of these two alternatives.

Conflict is resolved not through compromise, but through invention.

It is not opposition but indifference which separates men.

We have thought of peace as the passive and war as the active way of living. The opposite is true. War is not the most strenuous life. It is a kind of rest-cure compared to the task of reconciling our differences.

I do not think that we have psychological and ethical and economic problems. We have human problems, with psychological, ethical and economical aspects, and as many others as you like.

Leadership is not defined by the exercise of power but by the capacity to increase the sense of power among those led. The most essential work of the leader is to create more leaders.