“It has been said that there is no such thing as coincidence in this world.”

“The world has never been as divided as it is now.”

“Water: it has no taste, no smell, no color, and yet it is the most important thing in the world.”

“If there hadn't been a sixth day, man would not exist; copper would always be copper; and lead just lead. It's true that everything has its Personal Legend, but one day that Personal Legend will be realized. So each thing has to transform itself into something better, and to acquire a new Personal Legend, until, someday, the Soul of the World becomes one thing only.”

“The world has a soul and whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of many things.”

“I learned that the world has a soul, and that whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of things.”

“Experience has taught me that people only give values to things if they have, at some point, been uncertain as to whether or not they will get it”