Purpose in the human being is a much more complex phenomenon than what used to be called will power.

The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.

Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.

If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself.

Fortunately, however, we no longer have to argue that self -love is not only necessary and good but that it also is a prerequisite for loving others.

Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.

Many people suffer from the fear of finding oneself alone, and so they don't find themselves at all.

Real freedom is the ability to pause between stimulus and response, and in that pause, choose.

In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.

The schizoid man is the natural product of the technological man. It is one way to live and is increasingly utilized and it may explode into violence.

I didn't have to say a word. My love for him appeared upon my flesh like virgin tattooed skin.

I fight with love and i laugh with rage....you gotta live light enough to see the humor, and long enough to see some change.

So if you are the big tree, we are the small axe. Ready to cut you down, to cut you down.

The wall around the window does not create two worlds.

I've realised that I am who I am and that is it. Like it or lump it. I'm not around to please anyone any more, and it's a huge relief.

India must protect her primary industries even as a mother protects her children against the whole world without being hostile to it.

Marxists get up early to further their cause. We must get up even earlier to defend our freedom.

Everything in life is about sharing; it is part of the human condition

We women know how to take care of everybody so well. But the one person we have written out of the equation is us.