The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires， rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

The forest doesn’t belong to us; we belong to the forest.

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。

平静的海面从未造就过熟练的水手。