All of the truly important battles are waged within the self. (7)

That is one of the reasons why a man should pick a path with heart, so that he can find his laughter.

In the long run we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving.

He prefers the security of known misery to the misery of unfamiliar insecurity.

I've never began any important venture for which I felt adequate prepared

Often things are as bad as they seem.

If I reveal myself without worrying about how others will respond, then some will care, though others may not. But who can love me, if no one knows me? I must risk it, or live alone.

You can't make anyone love you. You just have to reveal who you are and take your chances. (105)

Transformations require that we let go of familiar ways of doing things, without yet knowing what we will do next.

To live without the creative potential of our own destructiveness is to be a cardboard angel.

Everything good is costly, and the development of the personality is one of the most costly of all things. It will cost you your innocence, your illusions, your certainty. (10)

Why should any guy want to be only friends with a girl? It’s like agreeing to be near a chocolate cake and never eat it. It’s like sitting in a racing car but not driving it.

The simple, humble, almighty, supreme virtue of love is the invincible fire of transformation for healing the world.

Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great.

Do you love me, Rain?""More than I knew it was possible to love. All the stars will fall from the heavens before I ever stop.

People and things would continue to exist in a world where I did not, and no one would ever think of me. And, if that was the case, then what was the point of existing in the first place?

She wished him at her side this very moment. If only to turn it all to rights by doing his very best to turn it all to ruin.

A life of short duration...could be so rich in joy and love that it could contain more meaning than a life lasting eighty years.

Those who are heartless, once cared too much.

Perfect harmony of body and mind are my key to personal balance and happiness.

Imperfection is the prerequisite for grace. Light only gets in through the cracks.