“Even so you have managed to live that love in the only way possible for you. Losing it before it happened.”

“The only thing of real importance that leaders do is to create and manage culture. If you do not manage culture, it manages you, and you may not even be aware of the extent to which this is happening.”

“I can be manipulated only so many times
Before even 'I love you' starts to sound like a lie.”

“…deep-diving love, a love that excavates you. It’s something you have to have before you die in order to have lived.”

“You may not like what's happening, but just accept it, and let's try to live together. Even if you feel angry, let's be patient and endure, let's try to live together. I've realized that this is the only way forward.”

“Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.”

“To love oneself is to struggle to rediscover and maintain your uniqueness. It is understanding and appreciating the idea that you will be the only you to ever live upon this earth, that when you die so will all of your fantastic possibilities. It is the realization that even you are not totally aware of the wonders which lie dormant within yourself.”

“Sometimes you have to watch somebody love something before you can love it yourself. It is as if they are showing you the way.”

“There's no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love. There is only a scarcity of resolve to make it happen.”

“You see how few things you have to do to live a satisfying and reverent life? If you can manage this, that's all even the gods can ask of you.”