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

If you look for perfection, you will never be satisfied.

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

Forgiveness … is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing.

A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.

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

The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.

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

Learning never exhausts the mind.

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

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

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