“If you must say yes, say it with an open heart. If you must say no, say it without fear.”

“We must at all costs avoid saying no because people prefer those who say yes, and this allows us to survive in hostile territory.”

“When you say 'yes' to others, make sure you're not saying 'no' to yourself.”

“I’ve been through all this before,’ he says to his heart.“ ‘Yes, you have been through all this before,’ replies his heart. ‘But you have never been beyond it.”

“You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say. That way, you'll never have to fear an unanticipated blow.”

“I knew it,’ she says. ‘I knew I had met you before. I knew it the first time I saw your photograph. It’s as if we had to meet again at some point in this life. I talked to my friends about it, but they thought I was crazy, that thousands of people must say the same thing about thousands of other people every day. I thought they must be right, but life… life brought you to me. You came to find me, didn’t you?”

“Only someone who can say 'I love you' is capable of saying 'I forgive you.”