"We lavish on animals the love we are afraid to show to people. They might not return it; or worse, they might."

"A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person."

"Our strength is often composed of the weakness that we're damned if we're going to show."

"When suffering comes, we yearn for some sign from God, forgetting we have just had one."

"It is a essential truth that great leaders cultivate leaders, not merely followers — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The simplest truths often reveal that the true master is an eternal student."

"The pursuit of excellence requires knowing that the bonds of friendship are the true treasures of existence."

"True wealth is not measured in gold, but in the belief that the simplest acts of love resonate the loudest."