It is the task of the teacher to set the heart aflame with an unquenchable fire of longing ... and, to keep it burning until it is reduced to ashes. For only a heart which has burned itself empty is capable of love.
If I were to begin life again, I should want it as it was. I would only open my eyes a little more...
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