In any age courage is the simple virtue needed for a human being to traverse the rocky road from infancy to maturity of personality. But in an age of anxiety, an age of herd morality and personal isolation, courage is a sine qua non. In periods when the mores of the society were more consistent guides, the individual was more firmly cushioned in his crises of development; but in times of transition like ours, the individual is thrown on his own at an earlier age and for a longer period.

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.

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

By whatever name one calls it, genuine creativity is characterized by an intensity of awareness, a heightened consciousness.

Many people suffer from the fear of finding oneself alone, and so they don't find themselves at all.

The hallmark of courage in our age of conformity is the capacity to stand on one's own convictions - not obstinately or defiantly

This personal freedom to think and feel and speak authentically and to be conscious of so doing is the quality that distinguishes us as human.