Came but for friendship, and took away love.

We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have real conversations with people may seem like such a simple, obvious suggestion, but it involves courage and risk.

Peace to each manly soul that sleepeth; Rest to each faithful eye that weepeth.

To love you was pleasant enough. And, oh! 'tis delicious to hate you!

A philosopher being asked what was the first thing necessary to win the love of a woman, answered, Opportunity!

[Angels] guide us to become spiritual people for the pleasure of it... because the spiritual life itself has a great deal of beauty and real satisfaction, even pleasure. And this is what the soul needs.

There is no way to re-enchant our lives in a disenchanted culture except by becoming renegades from that culture and planting the seeds for a new one.