Love is active penetration of the other person, in which my desire to know is stilled by union. In the act of fusion I know you, I know myself, I know everybody - and I "know" nothing.

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.

Associate yourself with people who think positively. You cannot surround yourself with negative people and expect positive outcomes.

Give joy, smiles, happiness, goodness and kindness to every person you meet.

So dangerous it is for a man to come into the acquisition of great fortune before he matures in virtues and principles.

Art is what gets communicated at a live show, which is why live shows are so amazing. To communicate in a different way is a mixed message. It devalues everything.

Libraries remind us that truth isn't about who yells the loudest but who has the right information.

Only through acknowledgment of the erasure and void of Jewish life can the history of Berlin and Europe have a human future.

Major religions are examples of 'noble lies' aimed at uplifting human stature.

... Nine-year-old boys usually turn ten at some point. It's the nineteen-year-olds who have difficulty turning twenty.

I feel that if I said anything about John, I would have to sit here for five days and say it all. Or I don't want to say anything.

I think that people get experiences, and out of those experiences come meaning and ideas. It's like watching a rose bush grow.