A wise man can and should stand above his times, not so the poet, but he should be their apex.

I've never been on good terms with God, but now I'm becoming His intimate, for He is truly absolute and extremely legitimate.

A flutist who is moved to tears by his own performance will soon make the listeners laugh because of the sounds that he produces.

No spoon has yet destroyed a mouth, but the knife of war cuts portions that are hard to swallow. Perhaps the big mouths of the privileged are able to cope with them, but they dull the teeth of the little people and ruin their stomachs.

Transcendence: that which transcends experience.

I am a woman, and even if I could proceed with harshness and rigidity, it would disgust me nonetheless.

You say I'm small? I certainly can relate, although it is a matter of perspective. The distance is deceptive, my friend, you standtoo low.