Every search begins with beginner's luck. And every search ends with the victor's being severely tested." The boy remembered an old proverb from his country. It said that the darkest hour of the night came just before the dawn.

Whenever we need to make a very important decision it is best to trust our instincts, because reason usually tries to remove us from our dream, saying that the time is not yet right. Reason is afraid of defeat, but intuition enjoys life and its challenges.

Only the defeated know LOVE. because it is in the realm of love that we fight our first battles - and generally lose.

The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility.

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.

We are what we believe ourselves to be

Keeping passion at bay or surrendering blindly to it - which of these two attitudes is the least destructive?