This Personal Freedom To Think And Feel

Dogmatism Of All Kinds--scientific, Economic, Moral, As Well As Political--are Threatened By The Creative Freedom Of The Artist. This Is Necessarily And Inevitably So. We Cannot Escape Our Anxiety Over The Fact That The Artists Together With Creative Persons Of All Sorts, Are The Possible Destroyer Of Our Nicely Ordered Systems. (p. 76)

The Ultimate Error Is The Refusal To Look Evil In The Face.

Suffering Is Nature's Way Of Indicating A Mistaken Attitude Or Way Of Behavior, And To The Nonegocentric Person Every Moment Of Suffering Is The Opportunity For Growth. People Should Rejoice In Suffering, Strange As It Sounds, For This Is A Sign Of The Availability Of Energy To Transform Their Characters.

In Any Discussion Of Religion And Personality Integration The Question Is Not Whether Religion Itself Makes For Health Or Neurosis, But What Kind Of Religion And How Is It Used? Freud Was In Error When He Held That Religion Is Per Se A Compulsion Neurosis. Some Religion Is And Some Is Not.

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.