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.

Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight.

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

We define religion as the assumption that life has meaning. Religion, or lack of it, is shown not in some intellectual or verbal formulations but in one's total orientation to life. Religion is whatever the individual takes to be his ultimate concern. One's religious attitude is to be found at that point where he has a conviction that there are values in human existence worth living and dying for.

Creativity is a yearning for immortality

Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity.

The ultimate error is the refusal to look evil in the face.