Religion and nationalism, as well as any custom and any belief however absurd and degrading, if it only connects the individual with others, are refuges from what man most dreads: isolation.

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.

I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.

There is no such thing as a failed test. You will learn every time you challenge yourself.

I had every reason to quit, but you were the reason I wanted it all again.

Patience is my virtue, but only in Math, Daddy, ” - Ashley

I started the day with some nothin’ tea. Nothin’ tea is easy to make. First, get some hot water, then add nothin’.

The common denominator all Latinos have is that we want some respect. That's what we're all fighting for.

I'd rather go to the dentist... but I'm going.

When I was a kid we were so poor, if I hadn't been a boy I wouldn't have had anything to play with.

Law is order in liberty, and without order liberty is social chaos.

My father taught me that one of the most important abilities in life is to be able to take the pain and persevere, and for years this lesson had served me well.