Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.

If one wishes to know love, one must live love, in action.

We all fear what we don't know - it's natural.

We need others. We need others to love and we need to be loved by them. There is no doubt that without it, we too, like the infant left alone, would cease to grow, cease to develop, choose madness and even death.

One cannot give what he does not possess. To give love you must possess love. To love others you must love yourself.

To this day I cannot see a bright daffodil, a proud gladiola, or a smooth eggplant without thinking of Papa. Like his plants and trees, I grew up as a part of his garden.

In love, each man is his own personal challenge.