We are not for everyone and everyone is not for us. The question is, 'If we cannot be with another, can we at least not hurt them? Can we, at least, find a way to coexist?'

The only lasting trauma is the one we suffer without positive change.

In a crazy world, it's only your insanity that will keep you sane.

A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.

We want to gently remind people that we don't have forever. In my work, I hear parents complain all the time that their children grow up so fast. But they don't take the time to sit down and talk to each other. The last bastion of getting together is around the table.

When we sit at the table, there is more going on than satisfying hunger. It is sad to think of those who eat simply to satisfy their hunger and who do not permit themselves to linger under the many spells offered by a good meal -- the satisfaction of our hearts, our minds and our spirits.

We all need each other.

What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.

To love is to risk not being loved in return.

He must understand that if he is the world's finest plum and someone he loves does not like plums, he has the choice of becoming a banana. But he must be warned that if he chooses to become a banana, he will be a second rate banana. But he can always be the best plum.

If there is any immortality to be had among us human beings, it is certainly only in the love that we leave behind. Father's like mine don't ever die.

Life is a paradise for those who love many things with a passion.

Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.

A total immersion in life offers the best classroom for learning to love.

Success often lies just the other side of failure.

Each of our acts makes a statement as to our purpose.

I get so sick and tired of hearing people gripe about what their parents did to them. You know what your parents did to you? The best thing they could do. The best thing they knew how, the only thing in many cases that they knew how. Nobody has set out maliciously to hurt their child, unless they were psychotic.

Don't waste your energy trying to change opinions.

We treat our encounters with them with carefree casualness. We are certain that our relationships will naturally take care of themselves.

Things omitted are often more deadly than errors committed.