Care is a state in which something does matter; care is the opposite of apathy. Care is the necessary source of eros, the source of human tenderness.

The creative act arises out of the struggle of human beings with and against that which limits them.

Depression is the inability to construct a future.

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

It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle.

What Kierkegaard said about love is also true of creativity: every person must start at the beginning.

To love means to open ourselves to the negative as well as the positive - to grief, sorrow, and disappointment as well as to joy, fulfillment, and an intensity of consciousness we did not know was possible before