To hope for nothing, to expect nothing, to demand nothing. This is analytical despair.

What I try to point out is the role an ordinary person can have in seeing the child's destiny. You have to have a feeling for the child.

...you find your genius by looking in the mirror of your life. Your visible image shows your inner truth, so when you're estimating others, what you see is what you get. It therefore becomes critically important to see generously, or you will get only what you see; to see sharply, so that you discern the mix of traits rather than a generalized lump; and to see deeply into dark shadows, or else you will be deceived.

The psyche is highly flammable material. So we are always wrapping things in asbestos, keeping our images and fantasies at arm's length because they are so full of love

You may not become a celebrity. You may even experience lots of illness or divorce, or unhappiness. But I think there is still a thread of individual character that determines how you live through those things.

The comic spirit masquerades in all things we say and do. We are each a clown and do not need to put on a white face.

In the past, friendship was a huge thing. But it's hard for us to think of friendship as a calling, because it's not a vocation.