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.

We occupy a space of our own creation-a collage compounded by bits and pieces of actuality arranged into a design determined by our internal perceptions, our hopes, our fears, our memories, and our anticipations.

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.

I not only think that we will tamper with Mother Nature, I think Mother wants us to.

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

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 must live in groups; other people are like nutrients for us, and are absolutely essential for our survival.