“All of us yearn for the highest wisdom, but we have to rely on ourselves in the end.”

“Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns,we ourselves flash and yearn”

“We rely upon the poets, the philosophers, and the playwrights to articulate what most of us can only feel, in joy or sorrow. They illuminate the thoughts for which we only grope; they give us the strength and balm we cannot find in ourselves. Whenever I feel my courage wavering, I rush to them. They give me the wisdom of acceptance, the will and resiliance to push on.”

“We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.”

“as females in a patriarchal culture, we were not slaves of love; most of us were and are slaves of longing-- yearning for a master who will set us free and claim us because we cannot claim ourselves”

“True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.”