To enjoy the rainbow, first enjoy the rain.

I want to be someone capable of seeing the unseen faces, of seeing those who do not seek fame or glory, who silently fulfil the role life has given them. I want to be able to do this because the most important things, those that shape our existence, are precisely the ones that never show their faces.

I need to write about love. I need to think and think and write about love-otherwise, my soul won’t survive.

Make a promise: now that you have discovered a force that you were not even aware of, tell yourself that from now on you will use this force for the rest of your days. Preferably, also promise to discover another mountain, and set off on another adventure.

We learn what we need, Not what we'd want to

To love is to be in communion with the other and to discover in that other the spark of God.

In order not to suffer, you had to renounce love. It was like putting out your own eyes in order not to see the bad things in life.