Innocence Can Be Redefined And Called Stupidity.

The Loss Of Illusions And The Discovery Of Identity, Though Painful At First, Can Be Ultimately Exhilarating And Strengthening.

What Kind Of Guilt Comes From Being True To Yourself But Not To Others?. As We Have Seen, Being True To Yourself May At Times Intrinsically And Necessarily Be In Conflict With Being True To Others.

You Must Want To Be First-class ...meaning The Best, The Very Best You Are Capable Of Becoming. If You Deliberately Plan To Be Less Than You Are Capable Of Being, Then I Warn You That You'll Be Deeply Unhappy For The Rest Of Your Life. You Will Be Evading Your Own Capacities, Your Own Possibilities.

The Search For Safety Takes Its Clearest Form... In The Compulsive-obsessive Neurosis... To Frantically Order And Stabilize The World So That No Unmanageable, Unexpected Or Unfamiliar Dangers Will Ever Appear.

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.