Creativity is neither the product of neurosis nor simple talent, but an intense courageous encounter with the Gods.

Mass communication--wonder as it may be technologically and something to be appreciated and valued--presents us wit a serious daner, the danger of conformism, due to the fact that we all view the same things at the same time in all the cities of the country. (p. 73)

What anxiety means is it's as though the world is knocking at your door, and you need to create, you need to make something, you need to do something. I think anxiety, for people who have found their own heart and their own souls, for them it is a stimulus toward creativity, toward courage. It's what makes us human beings.

Intimacy requires courage because risk is inescapable.

Fortunately, however, we no longer have to argue that self -love is not only necessary and good but that it also is a prerequisite for loving others.

In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.

Finding the center of strenghth within ourselves is in the long run best contribution we can do to our fellow man