Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

You must not try to make love definite. It is the divine accident of life.

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

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

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

All experience is great providing you live through it.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

Act as if someone just said there’s no reason to be afraid.