But man, because he has only one life to live, cannot conduct experiments to test whether to follow his passion (compassion) or not.

She was aware that in love even the most passionate idealism will not rid the body's surface of its terrible, basic importance.

When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.

Laughter, on the other hand, " Petrarch went on, "is an explosion that tears us away from the world and throws us back into our own cold solitude. Joking is a barrier between man and the world. Joking is the enemy of love and poetry. That's why I tell you yet again, and you want to keep in mind: Boccaccio doesn't understand love. Love can never be laughable. Love has nothing in common with laughter.

The very beginning of Genesis tells us that God created man in order to give him dominion over fish and fowl and all creatures. Of course, Genesis was written by a man, not a horse.

Why don't you ever use your strength on me?" she said. Because love means renouncing strength," said Franz softly.

Joking is a barrier between man and the world. Joking is the enemy of love and poetry.