And because of our selfishness, we will be condemned to the worst torture humankind ever invented for itself: loneliness.

People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.

Learn from someone who has already been up there: no matter how unique you feel, there is always someone who has had the same dream before you and ended up leaving marks that can make your journey easier; places to hang the rope, trails, broken branches to make the walking easier. The climb is yours, so is the responsibility, but don't forget that the experience of others can help a lot.

When we are living our dream, the difficulties we encounter make sense.

Fortunate are those who take the first steps.

Investing a lot of time and money in external beauty and caring little about internal beauty.

Thy will be done, my Lord. Because you know the weakness in the heart of your children, and you assign each of them only the burden they can bear. May you understand my love–because it is the only thing I have that is really mine, the only thing that I will be able to take with me into the next life. Please allow it to be courageous and pure; please make it capable of surviving the snares of the world.