There is nothing truly serious in life. All words sound hollow when one listens to them carefully.

Guard against idols -- yes, guard against all idols, of which surely the greatest is oneself.

Neglecting small things under the pretext of wanting to accomplish large ones is the excuse of a coward.

Suffering raises up those souls that are truly great; it is only small souls that are made mean-spirited by it.

Who knows the flower best? - the one who reads about it in a book, or the one who finds it wild on the mountainside?

To the one who knows how to look and feel, every moment of this free wandering life is an enchantment.

Why do you pray if you doubt you are heard?