What nonsense it is, this desire to be without limitations, this wish always to be seen in the most flattering light. We are anxious, not because we think so little of ourselves, but because we think so much of ourselves. We are anxious, not that we may appear in the worst light, but that we may not appear in the best light. Anxiety is born of self-consciousness, and it is alleviated to the exact extent that we can drop consciousness of the self.

You do not need to be loved, not at the cost of yourself. Of all the people you will know in the lifetime, you are the only one you will never leave or lose.

People who are good to each other make each other good.

Affection may be abiding and love may be abiding, but the state of being in love is transitory.

cookbooks, I found, are intended for people with time to cook - and, surprisingly often, for people who already know how to cook.

We find what we expect to find. We do not see the world as it is but as we are.

The more deeply the path is etched, the more it is used, and the more it is used, the more deeply it etched.