One day, I watched the sun setting forty-four times......You know...when one is so terribly sad, one loves sunsets.

The Beauty of the Mountain is hidden for all those who try to discover it from the top, supposing that, one way or an other, one can reach this place directly. The Beauty of the Mountain reveals only to those who climbed it.

The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.

What sets us against one another is not our aims - they all come to the same thing - but our methods, which are the fruit of our varied reasoning.

It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.

Water, thou hast no taste, no color, no odor; canst not be defined, art relished while ever mysterious. Not necessary to life, but rather life itself, thou fillest us with a gratification that exceeds the delight of the senses.

The important thing is to strive toward a goal which is not immediately visible. That goal is not the concern of the mind, but of the spirit.