The success of sainthood is the success attained by struggle and suffering and achieved by faith; a success of honor, of clean hands and pure heart, of service to man and glory to God.

My dear old dog, most constant of all friends.

Don't be sad that it's over.Be glad that you ever lived to see it.

The greatest story every(any)one can tell is the story of their life. Just don't let the climax of your story be unrealized dreams.

Don't get mad get even.

No spinning," I said. I wasn't sure my head or heart could take it. Up close, he was so warm, and so beautiful. I was already dizzy enough.

That fierce imprisonment in the self is but the obverse of the self-giving which is absolute reality.

Don't depend too much on anyone.

The philosopher strives to find the liberating word, that is, the word that finally permits us to grasp what up to now has intangibly weighed down upon our consciousness.

And when you love someone you don’t always see them realistically.

In answer to the question, "Shouldn't the commandments be rewritten?," someone thoughtfully replied, "No, they should be reread."

We are governed by sympathy; and the extent of our sympathy is determined by that of our sensibility