The unconscious is the discourse of the Other.

Love means giving something you don't have to someone who doesn't want it.

All sorts of things in this world behave like mirrors.

What does it matter how many lovers you have if none of them gives you the universe?

The I is always in the field of the Other.

I think where I am not, therefore I am where I do not think. I am not whenever I am the plaything of my thought; I think of what I am where I do not think to think.

Meaning is produced not only by the relationship between the signifier and the signified but also, crucially, by the position of the signifiers in relation to other signifiers.

The reason we go to poetry is not for wisdom, but for the dismantling of wisdom

The only thing of which one can be guilty is of having given ground relative to one's desire.

The real is what resists symbolization absolutely.

In other words, the man who is born into existence deals first with language; this is a given. He is even caught in it before his birth.

The benefits of forgiveness are limitless.

The test of any relationship is, when the going gets tough, whether your partner stays with you or 'gets going'.

Our toil is sweet with thankfulness Our burden is our boon The curse of earth's gray morning is The blessing of its noon.

The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow there is no humor in Heaven.

When the conscious mind expands to embrace deeper levels of thinking, the thought wave becomes more powerful and results in added energy and intelligence.

We can be civil to each other, and we can try to express ourselves acknowledging that we're all patriots, we're all Americans, and not assume the absolute worst in people's motives.

I never make studies from nature. They would get in the way. I make use of my mind.

The more motivation, the more passion you have behind it... There's nothing that can stop you.

The best benefit we derive from history is the enthusiasm it excites.

This job's a pain-it's so mundane It sure don't stimulate my brain.