“Briers do not become flowers when there is no danger present. While the forest has flowering plants, it also has trees and thorned plants. Each is suited to exist as it does and does not wish to become something it is not.”

“It is a rose planted in your heart, and as it's thorns tear you, so does it thrive and flower”

“Just as the sun shines on all the trees and flowers as if each were the only one on earth, so does God care for all souls in a special manner.”

“He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist.”

“The dangerous plant did not flower in every generation, they said. ”

“I was born for the storm, and a calm does not suit me.”

“I regret everything because it has just finished, and already when I was twelve, I lamented the time that had gone by. Even in the best of spirits, it's always been as though I wrestle with the present in a vain effort to stop its becoming the past.”