“The supreme happiness of life consists in the conviction that one is loved; loved for one's own sake -- let us say rather, loved in spite of one's self.”

“The supreme happiness of life is that we are loved; loved for ourselves - say rather, loved in spite of ourselves”

“The supreme happiness of life is the conviction of being loved for yourself or more correctly being loved in spite of yourself.”

“The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.”

“The greatest happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved--loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.”

“To say ‘I love you’ one must first know how to say the ‘I.’ The meaning of the ‘I’ is an independent, self-sufficient entity that does not exist for the sake of any other person. A person who exists only for the sake of his loved one is not an independent entity, but a spiritual parasite. The love of a parasite is worth nothing.”