“When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.”

Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.

People want to change everything and, at the same time, want it all to remain the same.

Your eyes show the strength of your soul.

How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it.

The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter.

No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it

Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.

Don’t waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.

Certain things in life simply have to be experienced -and never explained. Love is such a thing.

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.

Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation.

It’s the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary.

No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn’t know it.

Real love is composed of ecstasy and agony.

Forgive but do not forget, or you will be hurt again. Forgiving changes the perspectives. Forgetting loses the lesson.

He is terribly afraid of dying because he hasn’t yet lived.

No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.

Unity is what we are afraid of so fear is insanity. Let’s love each other.

Don’t be afraid to go to your library and read every book as long as any document does not offend your own ideas of decency.

Never be afraid of the moments-thus sings the voice of the everlasting.

Especially when we are afraid, angry, or confused, we may be tempted to give away bits of our freedom—or, less painfully, somebody else’s freedom—in the quest for direction and order.

Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.

Don’t be afraid. Be the kind of person your mother warned you about.