Death anxiety is the mother of all religions, which, in one way or another, attempt to temper the anguish of our finitude.

Live right, he reminded himself, and have faith that good things will flow from you even if you never learn of them.

Love is not just a passion spark between two people; there is infinite difference between falling in love and standing in love. Rather, love is a way of being, a "giving to," not a 'falling for"; a mode of relating at large, not an act limited to a single person.

The act of revealing oneself fully to another and still being accepted may be the major vehicle of therapeutic help.

If you want to choose the pleasure of growth, prepare yourself for some pain.

Every person must choose how much truth he can stand.

One thing I feel clear about is that it's important not to let your life live you. Otherwise, you end up at forty feeling you haven't really lived. What have I learned? Perhaps to live now, so that at fifty I won't look back upon my forties with regret.