Nothing is less efficient than perfectionism.

I tried to reassure him with every line about how the world is hard and unfair sometimes, but that it's all OK because he is so loved. He is surrounded by souls who would do anything to help him. And not only that--he has wisdom and patience of his own, buried deep inside his being, which will only reveal themselves over time and will always carry him through any trial. He is a gift from God to all of us.

It has never been easy for me to understand why people work so hard to create something beautiful, but then refuse to share it with anyone, for fear of criticism.

Sometimes beauty needs a bit of ignoring, to properly come into being.

I don't think you can say that feminism has made women critical of marriage because women have been critical of marriage for centuries.

That competition and the struggle for existence is the mechanism behind this state of perpetual change.

The problem, simply put, is that we cannot choose everything simultaneously. So we live in danger of becoming paralyzed by indecision, terrified that every choice might be the wrong choice.