Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses, and disappointments.

My dark days made me strong. Or maybe I already was strong, and they made me prove it.

Love... is the honoring of others in a way that grants them the grace of their own autonomy.

When you enter those places of trust, or power, dream a little before you think.

To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

I would rather walk with a friend in the dark than walk alone in the light.

If you need something from somebody, always give that person a way to hand it to you.

Human beings must always be on the watch for the coming of wonders.

One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.

The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.

A genuinely happy person is one who has rendered others happy.