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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Humor is the healthy way of feeling "distance" between one's self and the problem, a way of standing off and looking at one's problem with perspective.