Forge in the smithy of your soul.

Creativity is the process of bringing something new into being. Creativity requires passion and commitment. It brings to our awareness what was previously hidden and points to new life. The experience is one of heightened consciousness: ecstasy.

Courage is the basic virtue for everyone so long as he continues to grow, to move ahead.

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.

In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.

Mass communication--wonder as it may be technologically and something to be appreciated and valued--presents us wit a serious daner, the danger of conformism, due to the fact that we all view the same things at the same time in all the cities of the country. (p. 73)

There is an energy field between humans. And, when we reach out in passion, it is met with an answering passion and changes the relationship forever.