If the will remains in protest, it stays dependent on that which it is protesting against.

Courage is the basic virtue for everyone so long as he continues to grow, to move ahead.

One does not become fully human painlessly.

Beauty is the experience that gives us a sense of joy and a sense of peace simultaneously.

Anxiety is an even better teacher than reality, for one can temporarily evade reality by avoiding the distasteful situation; but anxiety is a source of education always present because one carries it within.

Heroes are necessary in order to enable the citizens to find their own ideals, courage and wisdom in the society. The hero carries our hopes, our aspirations, our ideals, our beliefs. In the deepest sense the hero is created by us; he or she is born collectively as our own myth. This is what makes heroism so important: it reflects our own sense of identity and from this our own heroism is molded.

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.