The only real security is not in owning or possessing, not in demanding or expecting, not in hoping, even. Security in a relationship lies neither in looking back to what it was, nor forward to what it might be, but living in the present and accepting it as it is now.

People talk about love as if it were something you could give, like an armful of flowers.

The collector walks with blinders on; he sees nothing but the prize. In fact, the acquisitive instinct is incompatible with true appreciation of beauty.

Woman must be the pioneer in this turning inward for strength. In a sense, she has always been the pioneer.

So many things we love are you!

If one talks to more than four people, it is an audience; and one cannot really think or exchange thoughts with an audience.

I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable.