Hate is not the opposite of love; apathy is.

By whatever name one calls it, genuine creativity is characterized by an intensity of awareness, a heightened consciousness.

The individual human is still the creature who can wonder, who can be enchanted by a sonata, who can place symbols together to make poetry to gladden our heart, who can view a sunrise with a sense of majesty and awe.

A myth is a way of making sense in a senseless world. Myths are narrative patterns that give significance to our existence.

Creativity arises out of the tension between spontaneity and limitations, the latter (like the river banks) forcing the spontaneity into the various forms which are essential to the work of art or poem.

Freedom does not come automatically; it is achieved. And it is not gained in a single bound; it must be achieved each day.

Evil, in this system of ethics, is that which tears apart, shuts out the other person, raises barriers, sets people against each other.