Absence is presence. These are the fundamentals of mystery.
The past is an enormous place, with all sorts of things inside. Not so with the present. The present is merely a narrow opening, with room for only one pair of eyes. Mine.
You can’t measure love with numbers, you can only measure it in terms of intensity. In terms of blind loyalty to the imperative.
You haven’t figured out that your old methods only work on the old popes, who were afraid of losing consensus. They don’t work with me. I am the young pope. I put no stock in consensus.
The right motivations can move the world.
Lenny Belardo
The Young Pope
