Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God.

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.

True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure.

Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.

In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.

Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity.

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.

A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.

A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.

Remember this: No one is looking at your imperfections

After all is said and done, I believe the true measure of success is how many times you can bounce back from failure.

Years ago women of my size were considered royalty.

There is as much difference between good poetry and fine verses, as between the smell of a flower-garden and of a perfumer's shop.

One should strive to understand what underlies sufferings and diseases - and aim for health and well-being while gaining in the Path.

I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way.

The bad thing is that thinking about thought doesn't help at all; one has to have it from nature so that the good ideas appear before us like free children of God calling to us: Here we are.

I couldn't imagine having to write a paper and have to think about what song I am going to sing.

Miracles happen. But prayer is needed! Prayer that is courageous, struggling and persevering, not prayer that is a mere formality.

Don't improve it into a flop!