For better or worse, our future will be determined in large part by our dreams and by the struggle to make them real.

Discipline is not always internalized and actually can breed resentment among children.

To be creative, a person has to internalize the entire system that makes creativity possible. Creative individuals are remarkable for their ability to adapt to almost any situation and to make do with whatever is at hand to reach their goals.

The task is to learn how to enjoy everyday life without diminishing other people's chances to enjoy theirs.

To overcome the anxieties and depressions of contemporary life, individuals must become independent of the social environment to the degree that they no longer respond exclusively in terms of its rewards and punishments. To achieve such autonomy, a person has to learn to provide rewards to herself. She has to develop the ability to find enjoyment and purpose regardless of external circumstances.

Act as if the future of the universe depends on what you do, while laughing at yourself for thinking that your actions make any difference.

For better or worse, our future will be determined in large part by our dreams and by the struggle to make them real.