We define religion as the assumption that life has meaning. Religion, or lack of it, is shown not in some intellectual or verbal formulations but in one's total orientation to life. Religion is whatever the individual takes to be his ultimate concern. One's religious attitude is to be found at that point where he has a conviction that there are values in human existence worth living and dying for.

The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt but in spite of doubt.

One must have at least a readiness to love the other person, broadly speaking, if one is to be able to understand him.

Depression is the inability to construct a future.

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

Inner sense of worth that comes with being in love does not seem to depend essentially on whether the love is returned or not.

When inward life dries up, when feeling decreases and apathy increases, when one cannot affect or even genuinely touch another person, violence flares up as a daimonic necessity for contact, a mad drive forcing touch in the most direct way possible.