"Intimacy is not a happy medium. It is a way of being in which the tension between distance and closeness is dissolved and a new horizon appears. Intimacy is beyond fear."

"The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity or power, but self-rejection."

"The real enemies of our life are the 'oughts' and the 'ifs.' They pull us backward into the unalterable past and forward into the unpredictable future. But real life takes place in the here and now."

"One of the main tasks of theology is to find words that do not divide but unite, that do not create conflict but unity, that do not hurt but heal."

"The one happiness is to shut one's door upon a little room, with a table before one, and to create to create life in that isolation from life."

"Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid."

"The last part, the part you're now approaching, was for Aristotle the most important for happiness."

"You know, I think we Indians are afraid to show and celebrate our happiness, lest things change around. But I feel that it's okay to be sad and okay to show when you are happy."