Why do you want to read others' books when there is the book of yourself?

Relationship is a mirror in which you can see yourself, not as you would wish to be, but as you are.

Passion is a rather frightening thing because if you have passion you don't know where it will take you.

It is only those who are in constant revolt that discover what is true, not the man who conforms, who follows some tradition. It is only when you are constantly inquiring, constantly observing, constantly learning, that you find truth, God, or love.

We are empty shells if we do not possess, if we do not fill our life with furniture, with music, with knowledge, with this or that. And that shell makes a lot of noise, and that noise we call living, and with that we are satisfied.

To understand yourself is the beginning of wisdom.

There can only be a relationship between human beings when we accept what is, not what should be.