In the long run we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving.

Anarchy could never get a man to the moon, but it may the only mode that can allow us to survive on earth.

Sometimes it seems to me that in this absurdly random life there is some inherent justice in the outcome of personal relationships. In the long run, we get no more than we have been willing to give.

I've never began any important venture for which I felt adequate prepared

Each person's only hope for improving his lot rests on recognizing the true nature of his or her basic personality, surrendering to it, and becoming who he or she really is.

The unlived life isn't worth examining.

To live without the creative potential of our own destructiveness is to be a cardboard angel.