The path to paradise begins in hell.

From a small spark, Great flame has risen.

Love, that exempts no one beloved from loving, seized me with pleasure of this man so strongly, that, as thou seest, it doth not yet desert me.

e quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle" ("and thence we came forth to see again the stars")

Unity in wills cannot be unless there is one will dominating and ruling all the rest to oneness... wills of mortals have need of a directive principle... therefore for the well-being of the world, there should be a monarchy.

Here my powers rest from their high fantasy, but already I could feel my being turned- instinct and intellect balanced equally. as in a wheel whose motion nothing jars- by the Love that moves the Sun and the other stars.

No sorrow is deeper than the remembrance of happiness when in misery.