The leaves and the light are one.

The beauty of it is that we have to content ourselves with the recognition of the miracle, beyond which there is no legitimate way out.

In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.

It is only to the individual that a soul is given. And the high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule, or to impose himself in any other way.

Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.

I like neither new clothes nor new kinds of food.

Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.