No one can desire the love of God without first knowing human love.

Does a leaf, when it falls from the tree in winter, feel defeated by the cold? The tree says to the leaf: "That’s the cycle of life. You may think you’re going to die, but you live on in me. It’s thanks to you that I’m alive, because I can breathe. It’s also thanks to you that I have felt loved, because I was able to give shade to the weary traveller. Your sap is in my sap; we are one thing.

Profound desire, true desire is the desire to be close to someone.

Shine without guilt. Modesty was invented by the mediocres who think you should be the same as them.

And they will return one day knowing the miracle of the heavens and of all the world. God knew what he was doing when he drew their attention to the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. If he hadn’t wanted them to eat it, he would never have mentioned it.

I only invoked what you already knew.

Marrying the first person who offers you a decent position in society. Love can wait.