women have no existence except in love; the history of their life begins and ends with love!

We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.

Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one's self. When one prays he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.

Mystery such as is given of God is beyond the power of human penetration, yet not in opposition to it.

There is no reality on this earth except religion and the power of love; all the rest is even more fugitive than life itself.

Venice astonishes more than it pleases at first sight.

A voyage without companionship, that is to say without conversation, is one of the saddest pleasures of life.