Our thesis is that symbols and myths are an expression of man's unique self-consciousness, his capacity to transcend the immediate concrete situation and see his life in terms of 'the possible,' and that this capacity is one aspect of his experiencing himself as a being having a world.

The individual human is still the creature who can wonder, who can be enchanted by a sonata, who can place symbols together to make poetry to gladden our heart, who can view a sunrise with a sense of majesty and awe.

People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day to day.

One of the easiest ways to be irresponsible about power is to forget you have it.

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

Humans have a habit of running faster when they have lost their way.

If we admit our depression openly and freely, those around us get from it an experience of freedom rather than the depression itself.