Whereas moral courage is the righting of wrongs, creative courage, in contrast, is the discovering of new forms, new symbols, new patterns on which a new society can be built.

Science, Nietzsche had warned, is becoming a factory, and the result will be ethical nihilism.

What Kierkegaard said about love is also true of creativity: every person must start at the beginning.

Competitive individualism militates against the experience of community, and that lack of community is a centrally important factor in contemporaneous anxiety.

Creativity is the process of bringing something new into being. Creativity requires passion and commitment. It brings to our awareness what was previously hidden and points to new life. The experience is one of heightened consciousness: ecstasy.

Humor is the healthy way of feeling "distance" between one's self and the problem, a way of standing off and looking at one's problem with perspective.

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