Retiring and discovering that you no longer have enough energy to enjoy life and dying a few years out of sheer boredom.

Don't ask permission. If it does not work, you can apologize later.

You deserve all the good things that happen to you. Don't feel guilty and accept the blessings.

Veronika had noticed that a lot of people she knew would talk about the horros in other people's lives as if they were genuinely concerned to help them, but the truth was that they took pleasure in the suffering of others, because that made them believe they were happy and that life had been generous with them

Fear exists until the moment when the unavoidable happens, after that we must waste none of our energy on it.

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

When I had my sheep, I was happy, and I made those around me happy. People saw me coming and welcomed me, he thought. But now I'm sad and alone. I'm going to become bitter and distrustful of people because one person betrayed me. I'm going to hate those who have found their treasure because I never found mine. And I'm going to hold on to what little I have, because I'm too insignificant to conquer the world.