“The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.”

“Love is a decision; it's a judgment; it's a promise. If love were only a feeling, there would be no basis for the promise to love each other forever.”

“Happiness does not consist in things themselves but in the relish we have of them.”

“For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.”