A myth is a way of making sense in a senseless world. Myths are narrative patterns that give significance to our existence. Whether the meaning of existence is only what we put into life by our own individual fortitude, as Sartre would hold, or whether there is a meaning we need to discover, as Kierkegaard would state, the result is the same: myths are our way of finding this meaning and significance.

Love is generally confused with dependence; but in point of fact, you can love only in proportion to your capacity for independence.

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

There is no meaningful yes unless the individual could also have said no.

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

It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way.

Finding the center of strength within ourselves is in the long run the best contribution we can make to our fellow men. ... One person with indigenous inner strength exercises a great calming effect on panic among people around him. This is what our society needs - not new ideas and inventions; important as these are, and not geniuses and supermen, but persons who can be, that is, persons who have a center of strength within themselves.