Don't try to rush things: for the cup to run over, it must first be filled.

Life is the path you beat while you walk it.

I love Jesus, who said to us: Heaven and earth will pass away. When heaven and earth have passed away, my word will remain. What was your word, Jesus? Love? Forgiveness? Affection? All your words were one word: Wakeup.

Man would be "otherwise." That's the essence of the specifically human.

Has my heart gone to sleep? Have the beehives of my dreams stopped working, the waterwheel of the mind run dry, scoops turning empty, only shadow inside? No, my heart is not asleep. It is awake, wide awake. Not asleep, not dreaming— its eyes are opened wide watching distant signals, listening on the rim of vast silence

Those who deny the existence of the truth postulate the truth of their denial and plainly contradict themselves.

I thought my fire was out, and stirred the ashes…. I burnt my fingers.