Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

One central need in life is to fulfill its own potential.

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

There is nobody who totally lacks the courage to change.

Dogmatism of all kinds--scientific, economic, moral, as well as political--are threatened by the creative freedom of the artist. This is necessarily and inevitably so. We cannot escape our anxiety over the fact that the artists together with creative persons of all sorts, are the possible destroyer of our nicely ordered systems. (p. 76)

The most effective way to ensure the value of the future is to confront the present courageously and constructively.

Creativity is the result of a struggle between vitality and form. As anyone who has tried to write a sonnet or scan poetry, is aware, the form ideally do not take away from the creativity but may add to it.