“That mind which understands itself is the mind of a free man.”

“Happiness and strength endure only in the absence of hate.”

“For a very great many years, I asked this question: ‘To communicate or
not to communicate?’ If one got himself in such thorough trouble by communication, then of course one should stop communicating. But this is not the case. If one gets himself into trouble by communicating, he should further communicate. More communication, not less, is the answer. And I consider this riddle solved after a quarter of a century of investigation and pondering.”

“Man is basically good, but Man can act badly.”

“Those people who have become unhappy about life are unhappy about life solely and completely because life has ceased to be made by them.”

“Why should you know something about your mind? A question of a similar magnitude would be, ‘Why should you live?’”

“I have seen life from the top down and the bottom up. I know how it looks both ways. And I know there is wisdom and that there is hope.”

“Self-confidence is nothing more than belief in one’s ability to decide and in one’s decisions.”

“The field of the arts must be of all things the most self-determined of any of Man’s activities.”

“It is a truism that if we could understand all life, we would then tolerate all life.”