What he had yearned to embrace was not the flesh but a down spirit, a spark, the impalpable angel that inhabits the flesh.

The flower you single out is a rejection of all other flowers; nevertheless, only on these terms is it beautiful.

The thing that is important is the thing that is not seen.

True love is visible not to the eyes but to the heart, for eyes may be deceived.

Even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings.

One must require from each one the duty which each one can perform. Accepted authority rests first of all on reason.

Man is a knot into which relationships are tied.