"Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself."

"Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction."

"And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye."

"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."

"We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict."

"Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline."

"We are all convention; convention carries us away, and we neglect the substance of things.… We dare not call our parts by their right names, but are not afraid to use them for every sort of debauchery."

"Fear is stupid. So are regrets."