Seek first the Kingdom of God: that is, the first order of business is to transform one's own inner life, not the accumulation of external trappings of speculative knowledge.

Deconstruction is not meant to be a soft sighing for the future, but a way of deciding now and being impassioned in a moment.

The book is what we have come to expect from Marion: challenging, subtle and nuanced analyses, dassling formulations, . . a provocative and original philosophical genius.

The Only Way to Do Great Work is To Love What You Do

God and devotee are bound for ever in ropes of love

The fates lead her who will

Your dreams, what you hope for and all that, it's not separate from your life. It grows right up out of it.

Even now, when I'm asked how I'm doing, I like to reply, 'Pretty good. I've got all my fingers and both eyes.

Like, you should never want to hurt yourself. You should love yourself.

On the screen I saw tanks rolling through dusty streets, and fallen buildings, and forests of unfamiliar trees into which East Pakistani refugees had fled, seeking safety over the Indian border.

It's important to work out & be the best version of yourself that you can be but never feel like you have to be the skinniest girl in the room to be the prettiest.

There is some shadow of delight and delicacy which smiles upon and flatters us even in the very lap of melancholy.

It was unsettling to be in love with someone who looked like the face in her nightmares.