Intense, unexpected suffering passes more quickly than suffering that is apparently bearable; the latter goes on for years and, without our noticing, eats away at our souls, until, one day, we are no longer able to free ourselves from the bitterness and it stays with us for the rest of our lives.

We shall choose our adversaries, not the other way around.

Forgive but do not forget, or you will be hurt again. Forgiving changes the perspectives. Forgetting loses the lesson.

Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere.

Each human being has been granted a virtue: the capacity to choose. For he who does not use this virtue, it becomes a curse - and others will always choose for him.

Love cannot be held prisoner because it is a river and will overflow its banks.

For the Warrior, there is no such thing as an impossible love.