We cannot will to have insights. We cannot will to have creativity, but we can will to give ourselves to the creative experience with intensity of dedication and commitment.

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

Memory is not just the imprint of the past time upon us; it is the keeper of what is meaningful for our deepest hopes and fears.

Courage is necessary to make being and becoming possible.

Recall how often in human history the saint and the rebel have be the same person. (p. 35)

The poet, like the lover, is a menace on the assembly line.

What Kierkegaard said about love is also true of creativity: every person must start at the beginning.