Inner sense of worth that comes with being in love does not seem to depend essentially on whether the love is returned or not.

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

In my clinical experience, the greatest block to a person's development is his having to take on a way of life which is not rooted in his own powers.

By whatever name one calls it, genuine creativity is characterized by an intensity of awareness, a heightened consciousness.

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

Whereas moral courage is the righting of wrongs, creative courage, in contrast, is the discovering of new forms, new symbols, new patterns on which a new society can be built.

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