A self that goes on changing is a self that goes on living.

Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play.

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

Learning never exhausts the mind.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

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

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

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

I can't give you a recipe for success, but I can give you a recipe for failure: try to please everybody.

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

The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.

You make your life meaningful by applying meaning to it.