Never take away anything if you have nothing better to offer

Every person must choose how much truth he can stand.

The act of revealing oneself fully to another and still being accepted may be the major vehicle of therapeutic help.

Only the wounded healer can truly heal. (97)

If we climb high enough, we will reach a height from which tragedy ceases to look tragic.

If you want to choose the pleasure of growth, prepare yourself for some pain.

To love means to be actively concerned for the life and the growth of another.

Live your life to the fullest; and then, and only then, die. Don't leave any unlived life behind.

Life is a spark between two identical voids, the darkness before birth and the one after death.

When people don't have any curiosity about themselves, that is always a bad sign.

Despair is the price one pays for self-awareness. Look deeply into life, and you'll always find despair.

If God meant for people to fly, He would have given them brains.

In spite of being complicated people choose superstitions over common sense.

I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment.

At home, Danes try to resolve their problems amicably so it's just surreal to see these violent pictures on TV. But as the prime minister, I can't be controlled by my emotions.

I don't think really conservative or liberal; I think what makes sense.

If you look back on all the teachers that you liked, I am sure you will find they were very entertaining.

To die laughing must be the most glorious of all glorious deaths!

We deem those happy who, from the experience of life, have learned to bear its ills, without being overcome by them.

People like to cherry-pick the parts of their career that they're either in the midst of or that they're the most proud of, but the truth is careers and lives are tapestries.

You find yourself in the world, without any power, immovable as a rock, stupid, so to speak, as a log of wood.