Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.

Boredom: the desire for desires.

Wrongly do men cry out against experience and with bitter re- proaches accuse her of deceitfulness. Let experience alone, and rather turn your complaints against your own ignorance, which causes you to be so carried away by your vain and insensate desires as to expect from experience things which are not within her power!

Focus more on your desire than on your doubt, and the dream will take care of itself.