When things start to happen, and the path does reveal itself to us, we become afraid of carrying on

Seek to live,remembrance is for the old.

Judging yourself to be full of virtue paralyses. Judging yourself to be full of guilt also paralyses.

In real life, love has to be possible. Even if it is not returned right away, love can only survive when the hope exists that you will be able to win over the person you desire.

Physical elegance comes from the body. This is no superficial matter but rather the way that man found to honour the way he places his two feet on the ground.

I think it is a problem of our society that we don't enjoy (ourselves.) We have these values, like, you have to be rich, you have to get a diploma, you have to work hard, otherwise you are useless, you are nothing but a pariah. And the book asks, 'Is it true? This is what my mom told me, but is it true?

The Saint finds her true reason for living in unconditional love and in her ability to give without asking anything in return.