In the first place, you shouldn't believe in promises. The world is full of them: the promises of riches, of eternal salvation, of infinite love. Some people think they can promise anything, others accept whatever seems to guarantee better days ahead, as, I suspect is your case. Those who make promises they don't keep end up powerless and frustrated, and exactly the fate awaits those who believe promises.

Maybe God created the desert so that man could appreciate the date trees

I learned that the search for God is a Dark Night, that Faith is a Dark Night. And that’s hardly a surprise really, because for us each day is a dark night. None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, and yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have Faith.

In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike.

We still did not answer the questions that are important to us

Philosophy can't build bridges, but can encourage people to cross them.

If everybody loves you, something is wrong. Find at least one enemy to keep you alert.