Fear has a very concrete power of keeping us from doing and saying the things that are our purpose.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.

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

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

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

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

If you want to look good in front of thousands, you have to outwork thousands in front of nobody.

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

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

In all our searching, the only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable is each other.

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

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