Science, Nietzsche had warned, is becoming a factory, and the result will be ethical nihilism.

The amazing thing about love is that it is the best way to get to know ourselves.

Creativity is neither the product of neurosis nor simple talent, but an intense courageous encounter with the Gods.

Finding the center of strength within ourselves is in the long run the best contribution we can make to our fellow men. ... One person with indigenous inner strength exercises a great calming effect on panic among people around him. This is what our society needs - not new ideas and inventions; important as these are, and not geniuses and supermen, but persons who can be, that is, persons who have a center of strength within themselves.

The creative act arises out of the struggle of human beings with and against that which limits them.

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

Every human being must have a point at which he stands against the culture, where he says, this is me and the damned world can go to hell.