Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die.
Three passions have governed my life:
The longings for love, the search
for knowledge,
And unbearable pity for the suffering of [humankind].
Love brings ecstasy and relieves loneliness.
In the union of love I have
seen
In a mystic miniature the prefiguring vision
Of the heavens that
saints and poets have imagined.
With equal passion I have sought knowledge.... Read More