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

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, but it empties it of its strength.

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

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

My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.

Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.

I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

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

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

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