When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.

I must have no fear of failure. It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the Master Work.

Do not struggle against your thoughts; they are stronger than you are. If you want to be free of them, accept them.

It’s not always enough to be forgiven by someone, in most cases we have to forgive ourselves first.

But love is much like a dam; if you allow a tiny crack to form through which only a trickle of water can pass, that trickle will quickly bring down the whole structure and soon no one will be able to control the force of the current.

Bodies always understand each other, even when the souls do not.

Temptation said that we all dream of committing crimes, but that only the unbalanced make that macabre idea a reality.