"Life is too deep for words, so don't try to describe it, just live it."

"The death of a beloved is an amputation."

"If you live for the next world, you get this one in the deal; but if you live only for this world, you lose them both."

"If you never take risks, you'll never accomplish great things. Everybody dies, but not everyone has lived."

"She's the sort of woman who lives for others - you can tell the others by their hunted expression."

"We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship."