In order to dominate the soul you must also learn to dominate the body. And in order to dominate the body you cannot fear pain.

We have to take advantage when luck is on our side, and do as much to help it as it's doing to help us.

Everything will happen as was written by the Lord," replied the prophet. "There are moments when tribulations occur in our lives, and we cannot avoid them. But they are there for some reason." "What reason?" "That is a question we cannot answer before, or even during the trials. Only when we have overcome them do we understand why they were there.

Anyone who is in love is making love the whole time, even when they're not. When two bodies meet, it is just the cup overflowing. They can stay together for hours, even days. They begin the dance one day and finish it the next, or - such is the pleasure they experience - they may never finish it. No eleven minutes for them.

If only everyone could know and live with their inner craziness. Would the world be a worse place for it? No, people would be fairer and happier.

The danger of an adventure is worth a thousand days of ease and comfort

Time neither moves nor is stationary. Time changes.