I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.
There is no friend as loyal as a book.
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it – always.
You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.
Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.
Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.
Only in the darkness can you see the stars.
When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.
Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don’t.
I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It’s all a question of how I view my life.
Sometimes the hardest part isn’t letting go but rather learning to start over.
There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don't you?
Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you’re living?
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.
Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.
What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes a part of us.
The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.