“In order to love people usefully you need to be focused on them and not yourself.”

“In order to fit into certain ideals, you need to mutilate yourself.”

“I think you realize how much you need to have people that you love. It’s not as much about them loving you – it’s about you needing to love people.”

“It's usually the selfish people who are loved the most. They do what you deny yourself, and you love them for it. You give them your heart.”

“Meaning of life? There are so many people around you who need support, and you yourself are among them! Move, create!”

“That was the problem with loving people: it made you weak. It made you need them. It made the thought of not having them the worst thing in the world.”

“To deal with things knowledge of things is needed. To deal with
people, you need insight, sympathy. To deal with yourself, you need
nothing. Be what you are--conscious being--and don't stray away from
yourself.”

“Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others. Humble people are so focused on serving others, they don't think of themselves.”

“[Stephanie Plum]Jeez. No True Love"
[Grandma Mazur] There's always been true love, but in my day, you either talked yourself into thinking you had it, or you talked yourself into thinking you didn't need it.”

“Don't forget love;
it will bring all the madness you need
to unfurl yourself across the universe.”