“To take possession of a city of which you are not a native you must first fall in love there.”

“ To reach satisfaction in all, desire satisfaction in nothing. To come to possess all, desire the possession of nothing. To arrive at being all, desire to be nothing. To come to the knowledge of all, desire the knowledge of nothing. To come to enjoy what you have not, you must go by a way in which you enjoy not. To come to the possession you have not, you must go by a way in which you possess not. To come to what you are not, you must go by a way in which you are not.   John of the Cross”

“It takes no time to fall in love, but it takes you years to know what love is.”

“If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.”

“Life has taught me that to fly, you must first accept the possibility of falling.”

“To love others you must first love yourself.”