The Fathers of the Church were not afraid to go out into the desert because they had a richness in their hearts. But we, with richness all around us, are afraid, because the desert is in our hearts.

I’m doing badly, I’m doing well; whichever you prefer.

There art two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness.

Last night I dreamed about you. What happened in detail I can hardly remember, all I know is that we kept merging into one another. I was you, you were me. Finally you somehow caught fire.

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

We are separated from God on two sides; the Fall separates us from Him, the Tree of Life separates Him from us.

Don Quixote's misfortune is not his imagination, but Sancho Panza.