Freedom does not come automatically; it is achieved. And it is not gained in a single bound; it must be achieved each day.

What if imagination and art are not frosting at all, but the fountainhead of human experience?

Evil, in this system of ethics, is that which tears apart, shuts out the other person, raises barriers, sets people against each other.

Creativity is the process of bringing something new into being. Creativity requires passion and commitment. It brings to our awareness what was previously hidden and points to new life. The experience is one of heightened consciousness: ecstasy.

Science, Nietzsche had warned, is becoming a factory, and the result will be ethical nihilism.

I became a psychotherapist because that's where people will unburden themselves, where they will show what is in their hearts.

The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt but in spite of doubt.