Memory is not just the imprint of the past time upon us; it is the keeper of what is meaningful for our deepest hopes and fears.

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.

The mature person becomes able to differentiate feelings into as many nuances, strong and passionate experiences, or delicate and sensitive ones, as in the different passages of music in a symphony. Unfortunately, many of us have feelings limited like notes in a bugle call.

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.

Terrorism and the whole drug scene are vivid examples of the fact that what persons abhor most of all in life is the possibility that they will not matter.

Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.

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