When I was 40, I wrote my first book, The Pilgrimage, and I said to myself, "why did it take so long for me to write this book?" Because my dream, since I was 10 years old, was to be a writer. I said, I have to revisit my life using a metaphor, and the metaphor was basically this boy that has a dream and has to go far away to realize that his dream is close to him.

Heaven and Earth are meeting in a storm that, when it's over, will leave the air purer and the leaves fertile, but before that happens, houses will be destroyed, centuries- old trees will topple, paradises will be flooded.

When you drink water, don't forget the fountain.

Since my childhood I learned that to understand the world we need to go further and take the risks of sailing in unknown seas.

The more you understand yourself, the more you will understand the world.

We all harbour a great sadness in our soul

When something undesirable grows in my soul, I ask God to give me the courage to mercilessly pluck it out.