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

"So then, the relationship of self to other is the complete realization that loving yourself is impossible without loving everything defined as other than yourself."

"How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god."

"Things are as they are. Looking out into it the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations."

"Stillness is not emptiness; it is the presence of unencumbered clarity. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Painting from nature is not copying the object it is realizing one's sensations."

"To love deeply is to give someone the power to heal what words cannot reach. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."

"There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don't need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain."