The Creative Process Must Be Explored... As

Creativity Arises Out Of The Tension Between Spontaneity And Limitations, The Latter (like The River Banks) Forcing The Spontaneity Into The Various Forms Which Are Essential To The Work Of Art Or Poem.

Physical Courage In Whatever Scene ... Seems To Hinge On Whether The Individual Can Feel He Is Fighting For Others As Well As Himself.

The Word Courage Comes From The Same Stem As The French Word Coeur, Meaning "heart." Thus Just As One's Heart, By Pumping Blood To One's Arms, Legs, And Brain Enables All The Other Physical Organs To Function, So Courage Makes Possible All The Psychological Virtues. Without Courage Other Values Wither Away Into Mere Facsimiles Of Virtue.

Human Freedom Involves Our Capacity To Pause Between The Stimulus And Response And, In That Pause, To Choose The One Response Toward Which We Wish To Throw Our Weight. The Capacity To Create Ourselves, Based Upon This Freedom, Is Inseparable From Consciousness Or Self-awareness. (p. 100)

Memory Is Not Just The Imprint Of The Past Time Upon Us; It Is The Keeper Of What Is Meaningful For Our Deepest Hopes And Fears.