You cannot belong to anyone else, until you belong to yourself.
The law commands us to do what we would do naturally if we only had love. The Way consists of finding that love, which then becomes the law.
Terrible or not, difficult or not, the only thing that is beautiful, noble, religious, and mystical is to be happy.
Life is movement. The more life there is, the more flexibility there is. The more fluid you are, the more you are alive.
Happiness is not found, it is created. Happiness does not depend on all that we lack, but on the way in which we use all that we have
You cannot live sheltered forever without being exposed, and at the same time be a spiritual adventurer. Be audacious. Be crazy in your own way, with that madness in the eyes of man that is wisdom in the eyes of God. Take risks, search and search again, search everywhere, in every way, do not let a single opportunity or chance that life offers pass you by, and do not be petty and mean, trying to drive a hard bargain.
An adult is one who has lost the grace, the freshness, the innocence of the child, who is no longer capable of feeling pure joy, who makes everything complicated, who spreads suffering everywhere, who is afraid of being happy, and who, because it is easier to bear, has gone back to sleep. The wise man is a happy child.
In the end, it's the reality of personal realtionships that save everything.
Just because one person's problem is less traumatic than another's doesn't mean they're required to hurt less
I refuse to have a life partner who spends his days pretending to be on a BBC show.
Every moment of your life, including this one, is a fresh start.