“seek and learn to recognize who and what, in the midst of inferno, are not inferno, then make them endure, give them space”

“The inferno of the living is not something that will be; if there is one, it is what is already here, the inferno where we live every day, that we form by being together. There are two ways to escape suffering it. The first is easy for many: accept the inferno and become such a part of it that you can no longer see it. The second is risky and demands constant vigilance and apprehension: seek and learn to recognize who and what, in the midst of inferno, are not inferno, then make them endure, give them space.”

“A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.”

“One should cultivate good habits of memory, for it is capable of making existence a Paradise or an Inferno.”

“O inferno escorre pelas minhas veias.”

“Quem uivará minha vitória neste inferno?”