False Optimism Sooner Or Later Means Disillusionment

We Crave And Fear Becoming Truly Ourselves

Be Independent Of The Good Opinion Of Other People.

...the Great Lesson Is That The Sacred Is In The Ordinary, That It Is To Be Found In One's Daily Life, In One's Neighbors, Friends, And Family, In One's Backyard.

A First-rate Soup Is More Creative Than A Second-rate Painting.

Let People Realize Clearly That Every Time They Threaten Someone Or Humiliate Or Unnecessarily Hurt Or Dominate Or Reject Another Human Being, They Become Forces For The Creation Of Psychopathology, Even If These Be Small Forces. Let Them Recognize That Every Person Who Is Kind, Helpful, Decent, Psychologically Democratic, Affectionate, And Warm, Is A Psychotheraputic Force, Even Though A Small One.