Competition is enjoyable only when it is a means to perfect one’s skills; when it becomes an end in itself, it ceases to be fun.

Creativity is a central source of meaning in our lives...most of the things that are interesting, important, and human are the results of creativity...when we are involved in it, we feel that we are living more fully than during the rest of life.

It is not the skills we actually have that determine how we feel but the ones we think we have.

Participate as fully as possibly in the world around you.

A person who forgoes the use of his symbolic skills is never really free.

As long as we respond predictably to what feels good and what feels bad, it is easy for others to exploit our preferences for their own ends.

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.