Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.

You will never get any more out of life than you expect.

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

Love... is the honoring of others in a way that grants them the grace of their own autonomy.

Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.