I lived in a dictatorship in Brazil, and I was arrested three times. I felt in my flesh what it is to live under such a regime and experience deprivation of freedom.

But when he thought to complain about the burden of its weight, he remembered that, because he had the jacket, he had withstood the cold of the dawn. We have to be prepared for change, he thought, and he was grateful for the jacket's weight and warmth. The jacket had a purpose, and so did the boy.

Love cannot exist in peace, it will always come accompanied by agonies, ecstasies, intense joys and profound sadnesses.

God is the same, even though He has a thousand names; it is up to us to select a name for Him.

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

For those that were never wounded by love, they will never be able to say: “I lived”. Because they haven’t.

Once a problem is solved, its simplicity is amazing.