English is such a deliciously complex and undisciplined language, we can bend, fuse, distort words to all our purposes. We give old words new meanings, and we borrow new words from any language that intrudes into our intellectual environment.

To probe for unconscious determinants of behavior and then define a man in their terms exclusively, ignoring his overt behavior altogether, is a greater distortion than ignoring the unconscious completely.

We are what we seem to be.

Feelings are the fine instruments which shape decision-making in an animal cursed and blessed with intelligence, and the freedom which is its corollary. They are signals directing us toward goodness, safety, pleasure, and group survival.

A man may not always be what he appears to be, but what he appears to be is always a significant part of what he is.

Life is to be enjoyed, not simply endured. Pleasure and goodness and joy support the pursuit of survival.

The larger office, the corner space, the extra window are the teddy bears and tricycles of adult office life