Quotations

The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.

Arthur Schopenhauer (German philosopher known for his pessimism and philosophical clarity)

Magic rites, primitive civilizations, alchemy, the language of flowers, fire or sleepless nights, are so many stages on the way to unity and the philosophers’ stone.

Albert Camus (French author, journalist and key philosopher)

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

Simone Weil (French philosopher, Christian mystic and social activist)

There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.

Freya Stark (British explorer and travel writer)

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.

Dr. Joyce Brothers (American psychologist and advice columnist)

Living with integrity means: Not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speaking your truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values. Making choices based on what you believe, and not what others believe.

Barbara De Angelis (American relationship consultant, lecturer, author and TV personality)

For the tongue is a smoldering fire and abuse of speech a mortal poison; and while natural fire consumes bodies, the tongue consumes minds and hearts.

Baha-ullah (the founder of the Bahá'í Faith)

The love for all that lives: all the religions teach it to us, the religions of the Brahmins, of the Buddhists, of the Hebrews, of the Chinese, of the Christians, of the Mohammedans. Therefore the most necessary thing in the world is to learn to love.

Leo Tolstoy (Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories)

Aid each other in practicing that which is good, but aid not each other in evil and injustice.

Koran (the central religious text of Islam)