The energy that many people call love, is, in fact, the raw material from which the universe was built.

If there hadn't been a sixth day, man would not exist; copper would always be copper; and lead just lead. It's true that everything has its Personal Legend, but one day that Personal Legend will be realized. So each thing has to transform itself into something better, and to acquire a new Personal Legend, until, someday, the Soul of the World becomes one thing only.

Love was undoubtedly one of the things capable of changing a person's whole life from one moment to the next. But there's the other side of the coin, the second thing that could make a human being take a totally different course from one he or she had planned; and that was called despair. Yes, perhaps love really could transform someone, but despair did the job more quickly.

The Martyr finds her way to self-knowledge through pain, suffering, and surrender.

We can't choose our lives, but we can DECIDE what to do with the joys or griefs we're given.

and that, in the end, the most interesting people always leave.

The ship is safest when it is in port, but that’s not what ships were built for.