“We come to love not by finding a perfect person but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.”

“We come to love not by finding a perfect person but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.”

“The sacred is discovered in what moves and touches us, in what makes us tremble.”

“The root of humanly caused evil is not man's animal nature, not territorial aggression, or innate selfishness, but our need to gain self-esteem, deny our mortality, and achieve a heroic self-image. Our desire for the best is the cause of the worst.”

“We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.”

“Neurotic identity crises come when our defense mechanisms have been too successful and we're encapsulated in the fortress we have constructed with nothing to refresh us in our solitary confinement. So we play the old movies with their stale fears and their unrealistic hopes until we become bored enough to risk disarmament and engagement.”