Ecstasy is the accurate term for the intensity of consciousness that occurs in the creative act.

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

One does not become fully human painlessly.

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.

In my clinical experience, the greatest block to a person's development is his having to take on a way of life which is not rooted in his own powers.

Joy is the zest that you get out of using your talents, your understanding, the totality of your being, for great aims...That's the kind of feeling that goes with creativity. That's why I say the courage to create. Creation does not come out of simply what you're born with. That must be united with your courage, both of which cause anxiety, but also great joy.

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.