Intellectuals are hindered on the way to being, by their narcissism.

Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'

Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.

It takes a moment to tell someone you love them, but it takes a lifetime to prove it.

Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice.

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.

The lust for power is not rooted in strength but in weakness.

The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.

The scars left from the child's defeat in the fight against irrational authority are to be found at the bottom of every neurosis.

To love somebody is not just a strong feeling - it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise.

life is like a silver coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you can spend it once.

No person that has ever felt the benefits of being present can consider himself a victim, or unhappy in any way.

When you're going through an emotional experience and you're focussed completely on what's happening, you can't even spare any attention that the camera's there.

Guilt is tricky because we confuse it with caring. ... It's the next best thing to being there.

At the evening of our day, we shall be judged by our loving.

Also, if you want to reach people, theatre is not always the best way to do it.

I really love the story in 'Twilight.

Holding a grudge is never positive or appropriate.

Working really hard is what successful people do.

You combine hard work, creativity, and self-determination, and things start to happen.