Passion does not compensate for ignorance.
The suffering of a loved one was in many ways worse than one's one suffering because it left one feeling so very helpless.
A sunrise or sunset can be ablaze with brilliance and arouse all the passion, all the yearning, in the soul of the beholder.
Every moment is a moment of decision, and every moment turns us inexorably in the direction of the rest of our lives.
There is no happily-ever-after to run to. We have to work for happiness.
Nothing is permanently perfect. But there are perfect moments and the will to choose what will bring about more perfect moments.
I prefer to believe the opposite - that there is always an indestructible beauty at the heart of darkness.
You can't conserve what you haven't got.
it must depend as much upon the patient's willingness to be cured, as upon the physician's skill in curing. There is neither force not magic in psychiatry.
I'm mostly self-taught. I didn't learn much in school.
What makes America great is that we can come together during times of national tragedy.