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)

Insight comes at a moment of transition between work and relaxation.

Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight.

Everyone has a need for significance; and if we can't make that possible, or even probable, in our society, then it will be obtained in destructive ways.

No one can separate themselves from one's social group and remain healthy, because the very structure of personality is dependent on the community.

There is nobody who totally lacks the courage to change.

Apathy adds up, in the long run, to cowardice.