Love Isn't A Perfect State Of Caring.

I Wonder If We Might Pledge Ourselves To Remember What Life Is Really All About—not To Be Afraid That We're Less Flashy Than The Next, Not To Worry That Our Influence Is Not That Of A Tornado, But Rather That Of A Grain Of Sand In An Oyster! Do We Have That Kind Of Patience?

It's Very Dramatic When Two People Come Together To Work Something Out. It's Easy To Take A Gun And Annihilate Your Opposition, But What Is Really Exciting To Me Is To See People With Differing Views Come Together And Finally Respect Each Other.

Listening Is A Very Active Awareness Of The Coming Together Of At Least Two Lives. Listening, As Far As I'm Concerned, Is Certainly A Prerequisite Of Love. One Of The Most Essential Ways Of Saying 'i Love You' Is Being A Receptive Listener.

I've Often Hesitated In Beginning A Project Because I've Thought, 'it'll Never Turn Out To Be Even Remotely Like The Good Idea I Have As I Start.' I Could Just 'feel' How Good It Could Be. But I Decided That, For The Present, I Would Create The Best Way I Know How And Accept The Ambiguities.

We Need To Help People To Discover The True Meaning Of Love. Love Is Generally Confused With Dependence. Those Of Us Who Have Grown In True Love Know That We Can Love Only In Proportion To Our Capacity For Independence.