The choice to love is the choice to connect — to find ourselves in the other.

The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.

Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.

Everything that truly makes us happy is quite simple: love, sex, and food!

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

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

Forgiveness … is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing.

Don’t be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

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

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.