Brothers, have no fear of men's sin. Love a man even in his sin, for that is the semblance of Divine Love and is the highest love on earth. Love all of God's creation, the whole and every grain of sand in it. Love every leaf, every ray of God's light. Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things.

At some thoughts one stands perplexed - especially at the sight of men's sin - and wonders whether one should use force or humble love. Always decide to use humble love. If you resolve on that, once and for all, you may subdue the whole world. Loving humility is marvelously strong, the strongest of all things, and there is nothing else like it.

My sweetheart! When I think of you, it's as if I'm holding some healing balm to my sick soul, and although i suffer for you, i find that even suffering for you is easy.

On our Earth we can only love with suffering….we cannot love otherwise, and we know of no other sort of love. I want suffering in order to love

and what shall I have to dream of when I have been so happy in reality beside you!

Moreover, in order to understand any man one must be deliberate and careful to avoid forming prejudices and mistaken ideas, which are very difficult to correct and get over afterwards.

Capita a volte di incontrare persone totalmente sconosciute, di cui cominciamo a interessarci al primo sguardo, all'improvviso.

my elder told me once to care for most people exactly as one would for children, and for some of them as one would for the sick in hospitals.

How anxiously I yearned for those I had forsake