When we are dealing with human beings, no truth has reality by itself; it is always dependent upon the reality of the immediate relationship.

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

The word courage comes from the same stem as the French word Coeur, meaning "heart." Thus just as one's heart, by pumping blood to one's arms, legs, and brain enables all the other physical organs to function, so courage makes possible all the psychological virtues. Without courage other values wither away into mere facsimiles of virtue.

All people are struggling to be creative in some way, and the artist is the one who has succeeded in this task of life.

A myth is a way of making sense in a senseless world. Myths are narrative patterns that give significance to our existence. Whether the meaning of existence is only what we put into life by our own individual fortitude, as Sartre would hold, or whether there is a meaning we need to discover, as Kierkegaard would state, the result is the same: myths are our way of finding this meaning and significance.

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

Creativity is neither the product of neurosis nor simple talent, but an intense courageous encounter with the Gods.