She wasn't a victim of fate, she was running her own risks, pushing beyond her own limits, experiencing things which, one day, in the silence of her heart, in the tedium of old age, she would remember almost with nostalgia - however absurd that might seem.

He had to choose between something he had become accustomed to and something he wanted to have.

Life is made of our attitudes. And there are certain things that the gods oblige us to live through. Their reason for this does not matter, and there is no action we can take to make them pass us by.

Insanity is to behave like someone that you are not.

Evil had to manifest itself and fulfill its role, so that ultimately Good could prevail. [...] Evil needs to manifest itself, for them to understand the value of Good.

We must never forget that spiritual experience is above all a practical experience of love. And with love, there are no rules.

to die tomorrow was no worse than dying on any other day. Every day was there to be lived or to mark one’s departure from this world.