We know you have a great mind and all, Mother, but you don’t have much sense.

Love of music, of sunsets and sea; a liking for the same kind of people; political opinions that are not radically divergent; a similar stance as we look at the stars and think of the marvelous strangeness of the universe - these are what build a marriage. And it is never to be taken for granted.

The only way to cope with something deadly serious is to try to treat it a little lightly.

If we commit ourselves to one person for life, this is not, as many people think, a rejection of freedom; rather, it demands the courage to move into all the risks of freedom, and the risk of love which is permanent; into that love which is not possession but participation.

One cannot be humble and aware of oneself at the same time.

I looked at this tiny, perfect creature and it was as though a light switch had been turned on. A great rush of love flooded out of me.

When the bright angel dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven symphony.