Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man.

Never deny a diagnosis, but do deny the negative verdict that may go with it.

Although a man may have no jurisdiction over the fact of his existence, he can hold supreme command over the meaning of existence for him.

People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the expense of their dreams.

Reverence for life is more than solicitude or sensitivity for life. It is a sense of the whole, a capacity for inspired response, a respect for the intricate universe of individual life. It is the supreme awareness of awareness itself.

Drugs are not always necessary. Belief in recovery always is.