To experience conflicts knowingly, though it may be distressing, can be an invaluable asset. The more we face our own conflicts and seek out our own solutions, the more inner freedom and strength we will gain. Only when we are willing to bear the brunt can we approximate the ideal of being the captain of our ship. Spurious tranquillity rooted in inner dullness is anything but enviable. It is bound to make us weak and an easy prey to any kind of influence. Our Inner Conflicts: A Constructive Theory of Neurosis

Complete possession is proved only by giving. Reflections on Literature and Morality

“Perhaps man has a hundred senses." Seagull

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit and lost without deserving. Othello