"Wisdom means seeing into the heart of things, beneath the surface of our contradictions, where there is neither good nor bad, neither right nor wrong. It means seeing the human being as the animal he is, struggling to gain security yet be free, to be productive but also joyful, to seek pleasure but also to know pain, to hope for transcendence and yet be content that one is contained within a finite body. It is to know that love does not exist without possibility of hatred. It is to know that there is a time for living and a time for dying. It is to know the glory of the blooming of life that seems to fade all too quickly but that leaves behind a seed that will bloom in its season. It is to know that the individual exists to celebrate life."
— Lowen, Fear of Life (1980)