Whenever a new situation presented itself, you had to remain cool and distant

Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.

I don't get anywhere meditating," she said. "I see people sitting there with their eyes closed, a smile on their lips or else grave-faced and arrogant, concentrating on absolutely nothing, convinced that they're in touch with God or with the Goddess. So instead, let's listen to some music together.

Every road i traveled led back to you

How is it possible for the beauty that was there only minutes before to vanish so quickly?

Man needs what's worst in him in order to achieve what's best in him.

By the River Piedra I sat down and wept. There is a legend that everything that falls into the waters of this river -- leaves, insects, the feathers of birds -- is transformed into the rocks that make the riverbed. If only I could tear out my heart and hurl it into the current, then my pain and longing would be over, and I could finally forget.