There is only one sin - lack of love. Be brave, be capable of loving, even if love seems a terrible and treacherous thing. Find joy in love. Find joy in victory. Follow the dictates of your heart.

It's not what enters men's mouth that is evil," said the alchemist. It's what comes out of their mouths that is.

Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.

If we seek something, that same thing is seeking us.

Forget everything you've ever learned about the stars and they'll once more be transformed into angels, or into children, or into whatever you want to believe at that moment. It won't make you more stupid - after all, it's only a game - but it could enrich your life.

Finally, the Witch justifies her existence by going in search of complete and limitless pleasure.

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.