There is one thing one has to have either a soul that is cheerful by nature, or a soul made cheerful by work, love, art, and knowledge.

Loneliness is one thing, solitude another.

The wisest man would be the one richest in contradictions, who has, as it were, antennae for all types of men---as well as his great moments of grand harmony---a rare accident even in us! A sort of planetary motion---

Every word has its fragrance: there is a harmony and a disharmony of fragrances, and hence of words.

Man and man's earth are unexhausted and undiscovered. Wake and listen! Verily, the earth shall yet be a source of recovery. Remain faithful to the earth, with the power of your virtue. Let your gift-giving love and your knowledge serve the meaning of the earth.

Rational thought is interpretation according to a scheme which we cannot escape.

There is more wisdom in your body than in your best wisdom. And who then knows why your body needs precisely your best wisdom?