By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.

To succeed, you must first believe you can.

There is no harsher means of punishment, than to answer malice with kindness.

In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.

I possess no weapon but love. With that I have come to do battle. Help me!

Today, any action anywhere on earth has an immediate repercussion on all five continents. News of a victory of the Eastern armies in Morocco or Shanghai travels instantly, thanks to modern means of communication, to all Eastern peoples and fills them with enthusiasm and faith. This phenomenon is, of course, unprecedented in the history of man.

Man hurries, God does not. That is why man's works are uncertain and maimed, while God's are flawless and sure. My eyes welling with tears, I vowed never to transgress this eternal law again. Like a tree I would be blasted by wind, struck by sun and rain, and would wait with confidence; the long-desired hour of flowering and fruit would come.