Between any two beings there is a unique, uncrossable distance, an unenterable sanctuary. Sometimes it takes the shape of aloneness. Sometimes it takes the shape of love.

In the struggle between yourself and the world, side with the world

So it had something to do with the sinner, and something with the judge, and the fear of not being forgiven, and the relief of being loved again.

Nothing goes away. Not on its own. You deal with it, or it deals with you.

No father knows that he is carrying his son up the stairs for the final time

So many days in their shared life. So many experiences. How had they managed to spend the previous sixteen years unlearning each other? How had all the presence summed to disappearance?

One can build a perfect home, but not live in it.

He chose illness, because he knew of no other way to be seen. Not even by those looking at him.

she also liked to remember that there could be no such thing as an intentional imperfection. People are always mistaking something that looks good for something that feels good.

You only get to keep what you refuse to let go of

It is a good man who stands up for his friends, but an honorable man who stands up for his enemies.

A fool friend always does something that the enemy wishes.

The best way to find out what we really need is to get rid of what we don't.

The success of our whole national program depends, of course, on the cooperation of the public--on its intelligent support and its use of a reliable system.

Relate to the little instead of relating to the big. The little is indomitable.

It is strange how the elderly fall silent when they ought to go on speaking, obliging the young to learn everything from scratch.

We cannot truly plan, because we do not understand the future-but this is not necessarily a bad news. We could plan while bearing in mind such limitations. It just takes guts.

Unless your life arises from your spontaneity, from your very empty heart, it is going to be just superficial. And with the superficial you cannot be blissful.

For the theatre one needs long arms... an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture.

Sometimes you see how humanity can rise above any kind of cultural ills and hate that a person's capacity to love and communicate and forgive can be bigger than anything else.