The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent.

Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.

The ability to be alone is the ability to love. It may look paradoxical to you, but it's not. It is an existential truth: only those who can be alone are able to love, to share, to go into the deepest core of another human being—without possessing the other, without becoming dependent on the other, without reducing the other to a thing, and without becoming addicted to the other.

独处的能力就是爱的能力。这对你来说可能看起来矛盾，但其实不是。这是一个存在的真理：只有那些能够独处的人才能爱，才能分享，才能深入另一个人的内心深处——而不占有对方，不依赖对方，不将对方物化，不对对方上瘾。

Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.

富有的人不是拥有很多的人，而是给予很多的人。

The ability to be alone is the ability to love. It may look paradoxical to you, but it’s not. It is an existential truth: only those who can be alone are capable of love, of sharing, of going into the deepest core of another human being—without possessing the other, without becoming dependent on the other, without reducing the other to a thing, and without becoming addicted to the other.

Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says: 'I need you because I love you.'

Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.

The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent.

母子关系是矛盾的，在某种意义上，是悲剧性的。它需要母亲最强烈的爱，然而这种爱必须帮助孩子离开母亲，变得完全独立。

Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.

爱是对人类存在问题的唯一理智和令人满意的回答。

The ability to be alone is the ability to love. It may look paradoxical to you, but it’s not. It is an existential truth: only those who can be alone are capable of love, of sharing, of going into the deepest core of another human being—without possessing the other, without becoming dependent on the other, without reducing the other to a thing, and without becoming addicted to the other.

独处的能力就是爱的能力。这对你来说可能看起来矛盾，但并非如此。这是一个存在的真理：只有那些能够独处的人，才能爱，分享，进入另一个人最深的核心——而不占有对方，不依赖对方，不将对方物化，不对对方上瘾。

Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says: 'I need you because I love you.'

不成熟的爱说：'我爱你因为我需要你。'成熟的爱说：'我需要你因为我爱你。'