No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.

Whatever our monument might be, we want it to be public, even if the public is one friend.

Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on love.

Life is relationship, living is relationship. We cannot live if you and I have built a wall around ourselves and just peep over that wall occasionally. Unconsciously, deeply, under the wall, we are related.

In solitude, at last, we're able to let God define us the way we are always supposed to be defined—by relationship: the I-thou relationship, in relation to a Presence that demands nothing of us but presence itself. Not performance but presence

Get around people who have something of value to share with you. Their impact will continue to have a significant effect on your life long after they have departed.

You can't build a relationship with everybody in the room when you don't care about anybody in the room.

The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.... In any case, the giving of love is an education in itself.

Carve your name on hearts, not on marble

Current among men, Like coin, the tinsel clink of compliment.

I'm no one important or famous, no matter. It is better to be loved by one person who knows your soul than millions who don't even know your phone number. I have loved and been loved as deeply as a man can hope for. Which makes me a lucky man. It also means that I have suffered. Life has taught me that to fly, you must first accept the possibility of falling.

The reason for living is to have great relationships, to have people you love and respect and who love and respect you.