/ http://www.slideshare.net/images/logo.gif / ºÝºÝߣShare feed for ºÝºÝߣshows by User: pradipbjmc https://public.slidesharecdn.com/v2/images/profile-picture.png “2 love s 2 risk nt being loved;2 hope s 2 risk pain;2 try s 2 risk failure; BUT TAKE RISK COZ GREATEST HAZARD S 2 RISK NOTHING." 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. I have wished to understand the hearts of [people]. I have wished to know why the stars shine. Love and knowledge led upwards to the heavens, But always pity brought me back to e