Sheldon B. Kopp

If I reveal myself without worrying about how others will respond, then some will care, though others may not. But who can…

— Sheldon B. Kopp

If outrageous imagination is the wine of madness, then come fill my cup.

— Sheldon B. Kopp

Anarchy could never get a man to the moon, but it may the only mode that can allow us to survive on…

— Sheldon B. Kopp

Transformations require that we let go of familiar ways of doing things, without yet knowing what we will do next.

— Sheldon B. Kopp

“The most insidious of the premature responsibilities that may be foisted onto some children is the expectation that the child is somehow…

— Sheldon B. Kopp

Love is more than simply being open to experiencing the anguish of another person's suffering. It is the willingness to live with…

— Sheldon B. Kopp

It has been a long time since I believed in Reality. I prefer the loveliness and the terror of my subjective experiences…

— Sheldon B. Kopp

There appear to be many people who chose to go crazy (or become alcoholics, addicts, criminals, suicides) rather than have to bear…

— Sheldon B. Kopp

We must learn to give ourselves permission to blunder, to fail, and to make fools of ourselves every day for the rest…

— Sheldon B. Kopp

For each of us, the only hope resides in his own efforts, in completing his own story, not in the other's interpretation. (63)

— Sheldon B. Kopp

One can choose life, or choose death. Having chosen life, I must live it as it is.

— Sheldon B. Kopp

It is not possible to know how much is just enough, until we have experienced how much is more than enough. (64)

— Sheldon B. Kopp

The Zen Master warns: 'If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him!' This admonition points up that no meaning that…

— Sheldon B. Kopp

“Wir müssen immer wissen, was wir fühlen, sagen, was wir fühlen und tun, was wir sagen.”

— Sheldon B. Kopp