Life did not stop, and one had to live.

In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.

Este incredibil cât de completă este iluzia care ne face să credem că frumuseţea este în genere bunătate.

I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love. I felt it in myself a superabundance of energy which found no outlet in our quiet life.

Remember that there is only one important time and that is now. The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. The most important person is always the person you are with, who is right before you, for who knows if you will have dealings with any other person in the future? The most important pursuit is making the person standing at your side happy, for that alone is the pursuit of life.

We do not love people so much for the good they have done us, as for the good we do them