"I believe that the testing of the student's achievements in order to see if he meets some criterion held by the teacher, is directly contrary to the implications of therapy for significant learning."

"There is nobody as enslaved as the fanatic, the person in whom one impulse, one value, has assumed ascendancy over all others."

"Every great work, every great accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement."

"The two most evangelical groups in the world are atheists and vegetarians, especially the least knowledgeable and least intelligent individuals within those groups."

"Conscience, in most men, is but the anticipation of the opinions of others."

"You are only as wise as others perceive you to be."

"Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism."

"Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived."

"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."

"Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college."

"The personal, if it is deep enough, becomes universal, mythical, symbolic."

"Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants."