Oddly enough I never used to suffer from depression on cold, gray, cloudy days like this. I feel as if nature is in harmony with me, that it reflected my soul. On the other hand, when the sun appeared, the children would come out to play in the streets, and everyone was happy that it was such a lovely day, and then I would feel terrible, as if that display of exuberance in which i could not participate was somehow unfair.

Faith parries all blows. Faith transforms poison into crystalline water.

The search can be as interesting as the fear you feel, as long as you overcome that fear.

The wise men understood that this natural world is only an image and a copy of paradise. The existence of this world is simply a guarantee that there exists a world that is perfect. God created the world so that, through its visible objects, men could understand his spiritual teachings and the marvels of his wisdom.

People learn twenty-five percent from their teacher, twenty-five percent from listening to themselves, twenty-five percent from their friends, and twenty-five percent from time.

This was freedom; to feel what the heart desired with no thought to the opinion of the rest... She was free, for love liberates.

Sometimes I need to be a stranger to myself. Only then my soul can show me not what I want, but what I need to see.