This Is Hard For Parents To Say

Our Powerful Hunger For Myth Is A Hunger For Community. The Person Without A Myth Is A Person Without A Home...to Be A Member Of One's Community Is To Share In Its Myths.

The Authentic Rebel Knows That The Silencing Of All His Adversaries Is The Last Thing On Earth He Wishes: Their Extermination Would Deprive Him And Whoever Else Remains Alive From The Uniqueness, The Originality, And The Capacity For Insight That These Enemies Being Human Also Have And Could Share With Him. If We Wish The Death Of Our Enemies, We Cannot Talk About The Community Of Man. In The Losing Of The Chance For Dialogue With Our Enemies, We Are The Poorer.

Creativity Is A Yearning For Immortality

A Myth Is A Way Of Making Sense In A Senseless World. Myths Are Narrative Patterns That Give Significance To Our Existence.

Intimacy Requires Courage Because Risk Is Inescapable. We Cannot Know At The Outset How The Relationship Will Affect Us. Like A Chemical Mixture, If One Of Us Is Changed, Both Of Us Will Be. Will We Grow In Self-actualization, Or Will It Destroy Us? The One Thing We Can Be Certain Of Is That If We Let Ourselves Fully Into The Relationship For Good Or Evil, We Will Not Come Out Unaffected.