There has always been a part of me that saw wilderness and risk-taking as the path to freedom.
Sam KeenI think there are families that are very kind and supportive of people's ability to change. People who come from such families may go through life without dipping into the dark night.
Sam KeenIf some incarnation of evil as unambiguous as Hitler appeared again, I would have no moral qualms about killing the enemy. But in the modern world of moral murkiness, I prefer to keep my hands as clean of enemy blood as possible.
Sam KeenYou don't go through a deep personal transformation without some kind of dark night of the soul.
Sam KeenNeurotic identity crises come when our defense mechanisms have been too successful and we're encapsulated in the fortress we have constructed with nothing to refresh us in our solitary confinement. So we play the old movies with their stale fears and their unrealistic hopes until we become bored enough to risk disarmament and engagement.
Sam Keen