I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.

Everything in this world has a hidden meaning.

As long as there are flowers and children and birds in the world, have no fears: everything will be fine.

I said to the almond tree, 'Sister, speak to me of God.' And the almond tree blossomed.

Man is able, and has the duty, to reach the furthest point on the road he has chosen. Only by means of hope can we attain what is beyond hope.

The heart unites whatever the mind separates, pushes on beyond the arena of necessity and transmutes the struggle into love.

By believing passionately in that which doesn't exist, you create it and that which has not been sufficiently desired is what we call the non existent.