Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.

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.

Courage is necessary to make being and becoming possible.

The creative process must be explored... as the expression of the normal people in the act of actualizing themselves.

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.

I learned that healing and cure are active processes in which I myself needed to participate.

Courage is not a virtue of value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values. Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Without courage our fidelity becomes conformism.