You may live a long while with some people and be on friendly terms with them and never speak openly with them from your soul.

Great God, grant that twice two be not four.

Tempered, gradual animation, the methodical restrain of sensations and energies, the equilibrium of sickness and health in each creature--this is nature's essence, its immutable law, this is what it's based on and what it adheres to.

A son is like a lopped off branch. As a falcon he comes when he wills and goes where he lists.

Nature cares nothing for logic, our human logic: she has her own, which we do not recognize and do not acknowledge until we are crushed under its wheel

So long as one's just dreaming about what to do, one can soar like an eagle and move mountains, it seems, but as soon as one starts doing it one gets worn out and tired.

Belonging to oneself--the whole essence of life lies in that.