“When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.”

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.

I’ve learned that waiting is the most difficult bit, and I want to get used to the feeling, knowing that you’re with me, even when you’re not by my side.

Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us. When we try to understand it, it leaves us feeling lost and confused.

God always offers us a second chance in life.

Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.

The imagination is precious. Don’t lose it. Don’t lose the child in you.

Choose yourself or lose yourself.

I tried so hard, and got so far, but in the end, it doesn’t even matter. I had to fall to lose it all, but in the end, it doesn’t even matter.

‘If only’ is the excuse of the loser; ‘I can’ is the affirmation of the winner.

Crystal and hearts would lose all their merit in the world if it were not for their fragility.

Delays, disappointments and defeats cause quitters to give up in resignation; losers, to give in the frustration; winners, to come through with determination.

Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose.