Why don't people's hearts tell them to continue to follow their dreams? [...] Because that's what makes a heart suffer most, and hearts don't like to suffer.

No one is alone during tribulations - there's always someone else thinking, rejoicing or suffering in the same way. This thought gives us strength to face the challenge that lies in front of us.

So we contemplate each other, and we want each other, and I give it life and warmth, and it gives me my reason for living.

That is a question we cannot answer before, or even during, the trials. Only when we have overcome them do we understand why they were there.

The three classic ways in which the Devil tempts us are with a threat, a promise or a seduction.

A life is never useless. Each soul that came down to Earth is here for a reason.

Try to live with the same intensity as a child. He doesn't ask for explanations; he dives into each day as if it were a new adventure and, at night, sleeps tired and happy.