Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are who already possess it.

My son, thou canst not possess perfect liberty unless, thou wholly renounce thyself.... Keep this short and complete saying: forsake all and thou shalt find all.

It is a paradox of life that when you try to imprison love, to put it in bondage, love degenerates and dies. And we have all killed love in our foolish attempts to possess it.