The most important thing in the world is that you make yourself a loving person, because this is what you will be giving away ...

When we give ourselves in love we become our most vulnerable. We are never safe. We become open to disappointment and hurt.

The only thing of value we can give kids is what we are, not what we have.

The lover must often say, "I love because I must, because I will it. I love for myself, not for others. I love for the joy it gives me - and incedentally, only - for that joy it gives to others. If they reinforce me it will be good. If they do not, it also will be good, for I will to love."

One cannot give what he does not possess. To give love you must possess love. To love others you must love yourself.