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.

Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also be married to the passion of the adult human being, which is a passion to live beyond one's death.

We receive love — from our children as well as others — not in proportion to our demands or sacrifices or needs, but roughly in proportion to our own capacity to love.

When we are dealing with human beings, no truth has reality by itself; it is always dependent upon the reality of the immediate relationship.

There is no authentic inner freedom that does not, sooner or later, also affect and change human history.

The creative process must be explored... as the expression of the normal people in the act of actualizing themselves.

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