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.

Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.

It is highly significant and indeed almost a rule, that moral courage has its source in such identification through one's own sensitivity with suffering of one's fellow human beings." (p. 16-17)

Something is born, comes into being, something that did not exist before - which is as good a definition of creativity as we can get.

Good art wounds as well as delights. It must, because our defenses against the truth are wound so tightly around us. But as art chips away at our defenses, it also opens us to healing potentialities that transcend intellectual games and ego-preserving strategies.

Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.

Beauty is the experience that gives us a sense of joy and a sense of peace simultaneously.