Our age is one of transition, in which the normal channels for utilizing the daimonic are denied; and such ages tend to be times when the daimonic is expressed in its most destructive form.

Creativity is a yearning for immortality

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

Courage is not a virtue of value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values. Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Without courage our fidelity becomes conformism.

Care is a state in which something does matter; care is the opposite of apathy. Care is the necessary source of eros, the source of human tenderness.

I learned that healing and cure are active processes in which I myself needed to participate.

One does not become fully human painlessly.