One can abandon one's personal legend for a time, as long as one does not forget about it entirely and returns to it as soon as possible.

Suffering occurs when we want other people to love us in the way we imagine we want to be loved, and not in the way that love should manifest itself--free and untrammeled, guiding us with its force and driving us on.

it's best to accept life as it really is and not as I imagined it to be

You should paint those visions of paradise rather than just talking about them.

But if you believe yourself worthy of the thing you fought so hard to get, then you become an instrument of God, you help the Soul of the World, and you understand why you are here.

I start to think that I'm losing the love I have without having yet won the love I hope to win.

If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.