Justice does not descend from its own pinnacle.

The more souls who resonate together, the greater the intensity of their love... and, mirror-like... each soul reflects the other.

The path to paradise begins in hell.

L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle (The love that moves the sun and the other stars)

There is a gentle thought that often springs to life in me, because it speaks of you.

Remember tonight... for it is the beginning of always.

The secret of getting things done is to act!

Follow your path, and let the people talk.

Three things remain with us from paradise: stars, flowers and children.

In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost.

Beauty awakens the soul to act.

It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love is put in the giving.

People respond to gentle words than scolding

For much of my life, I existed in a condition of regret, a regret that was contemporaneous with experience, and which sometimes preceded experience.

Making and thinking about somebody is special... you go in the tracks of saying that you are horrible and not anymore special.

The peace of the man who has foresworn the use of the bullet seems to me not quite peace but a canting impotence.

Thinking you're immortal is weirdly similar to being immortal.

I'm a bartender. I like recipes. They're concretes. Was the drink recipe for seduction one shot charm and two shots self-deception, shaken, not stirred?

We [must] realize that our future lies chiefly in our own hands.

Obesity is a prison; in the US we spend more to treat type 2 diabetes each year than is spent on education.

No thought, no reflection, no analysis, no cultivation, no intention; let it settle itself.