Paradoxically, the ability to be alone is the condition for the ability to love.
The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.
I want the loved person to grow and unfold for his own sake, and in his own ways, and not for the purpose of serving me.
The paradoxical situation with a vast number of people today is that they are half asleep when awake, and half awake when asleep, or when they want to sleep.