We used to build temples, and museums are about as close as secular society dares to go in facing up to the idea that a good building can change your life (and a bad one ruin it).

We are all more intelligent than we are capable, and awareness of the insanity of love has never saved anyone from the disease.

The more closely we analyze what we consider 'sexy,' the more clearly we will understand that eroticism is the feeling of excitement we experience at finding another human being who shares our values and our sense of the meaning of existence.

When Proust urges us to evaluate the world properly, he repeatedly reminds us of the value of modest scenes.

Anyone who isn't embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn't learning enough.

One of the best protections against disappointment is to have a lot going on.

The longing for destiny is nowhere stronger than in our romantic life.