“Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved.”

“Great lovers will always be unhappy, because, for them, love is of supreme importance. Consequently they demand of their beloved the same intensity of thought as they have for her, otherwise they feel betrayed.”

“Only two things can reveal life's great secrets: suffering and love.”

“In order to achieve great things in your life, you have to be consistent in what you are doing.”

“Goodness consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are. To be is the great thing.”

“Wisdom consists not only in becoming detached from the reflections, but also in knowing and feeling that the archetypes are to be found within ourselves and are accessible in the depths of our hearts; we possess what we love to the extent that what we love is worthy of being loved.”

“You have a great heart, but will only find it to be so through great pain. This is the wisdom of love, and its doubtful gift…. I have endured much suffering and still remain unbitter and unclosed.”

“Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness.”

“Who can attain to anything great if he does not feel in himself the force and will to inflict great pain? The ability to suffer is a small matter: in that line, weak women and even slaves often attain masterliness. But not to perish from internal distress and doubt when one inflicts great suffering and hears the cry of it — that is great, that belongs to greatness.”

“The true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love.”