No one can separate themselves from one's social group and remain healthy, because the very structure of personality is dependent on the community.

Memory is not just the imprint of the past time upon us; it is the keeper of what is meaningful for our deepest hopes and fears.

Inner sense of worth that comes with being in love does not seem to depend essentially on whether the love is returned or not.

There is no meaningful yes unless the individual could also have said no.

Recall how often in human history the saint and the rebel have be the same person. (p. 35)

A myth is a way of making sense in a senseless world. Myths are narrative patterns that give significance to our existence. Whether the meaning of existence is only what we put into life by our own individual fortitude, as Sartre would hold, or whether there is a meaning we need to discover, as Kierkegaard would state, the result is the same: myths are our way of finding this meaning and significance.

The most effective way to ensure the value of the future is to confront the present courageously and constructively.