We must always base our commitment in the center of our own being, or else no commitment will be ultimately authentic.

It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle.

The hallmark of courage in our age of conformity is the capacity to stand on one's own convictions - not obstinately or defiantly

Creativity occurs in an act of encounter and is to be understood with this encounter as its center.

Humans have a habit of running faster when they have lost their way.

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.

Whatever sphere we may be in, there is a profound joy in the realization that we are helping to form the structure of the new world. This is creative courage, however minor or fortuitous our creations may be.