If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom and the responsibility this entails.
I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind.
Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.
I've always thought that people need to feel good about themselves and I see my role as offering support to them, to provide some light along the way.
All of my youth growing up in my Italian family was focused around the table. That's where I learned about love.
A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.
When we sit at the table, there is more going on than satisfying hunger. It is sad to think of those who eat simply to satisfy their hunger and who do not permit themselves to linger under the many spells offered by a good meal - the satisfaction of our hearts, our minds and our spirits.
The best students come from homes where education is revered: where there are books, and children see their parents reading them.
Hugs make you feel psychologically more secure and together.
I have too much respect for people to try to control them. But they are estranged from love, afraid to reach out and touch one another. We're afraid to appear sentimental or speak in platitudes because people will say, 'What a jerk!' It takes courage in our culture to be a lover.
Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.
Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.
We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ourselves.
The way to anybody's heart is through a thoughtfully-prepared, beautifully-executed, lovingly-presented meal.
I've learned that you learn best by modeling. If you want people to learn, do it!
The minute we stop learning, we begin death, the process of dying. We learn from each other with every action we perform. We are teaching goodness or evil every time we step out of the house and into the street.
Life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized.
Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.
What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.
Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time... It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other.