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.

All people are struggling to be creative in some way, and the artist is the one who has succeeded in this task of life.

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

One central need in life is to fulfill its own potential.

Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about.

I became a psychotherapist because that's where people will unburden themselves, where they will show what is in their hearts.