What the soul is to the body, so is the artist to his people.

My grief and my smile begin in your face, my son.

For me, religiosity is ... the constant remembrance of the presence of the soul.

Speech is our second possession, after the soul-and perhaps we have no other possession in this world.

Let the radiance of my enthusiasms envelop the poor courtyard and the bare classroom. Let my heart be a stronger column and my goodwill purer gold than the columns and gold of rich schools.

Many things can wait. Children cannot. Today their bones are being formed, their blood is being made, their senses are being developed. To them we cannot say "tomorrow." Their name is today.

You shall create beauty not to excite the senses but to give sustenance to the soul.