It is well to remind ourselves that anxiety signifies a conflict, and so long as a conflict is going on, a constructive solution is possible.

We must always base our commitment in the center of our own being, or else no commitment will be ultimately authentic.

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

Insight comes at a moment of transition between work and relaxation.

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.

Consciousness is the awareness that emerges out of the dialectical tension between possibilities and limitations.

A myth is a way of making sense in a senseless world. Myths are narrative patterns that give significance to our existence.