The wise person doesn't ask, "What have I achieved?" but rather, "What have I contributed?"

But beauty itself is not given to us by anyone; it is a power we have within us from the gate, a radiance inside us.

Happiness is a decision I must make.

We will make love an art and we will love like artists.

We need less posturing and more genuine charisma. Charisma was originally a religious term, meaning "of the spirit" or "inspired." It's about letting God's light shine through us. It's about a sparkle in people that money can't buy. It's an invisible energy with visible effects. To let go, to just love, is not to fade into the wallpaper. Quite the contrary, it's when we truly become bright. We're letting our own light shine.

I think you have to grieve the loss of youth before you can claim the joy on the other side of it.

We need to shift from an economic organizing principle for human civilization, to a humanitarian organizing principle. Making money more important than your own children is a pathological way for an individual to run their affairs, and it's a pathological way for a society to run its affairs.