There is no such thing as happiness. Life bends joy and pain, beauty and ugliness, in such a way that no one may isolate them. No one should want to. Perfect joy, or perfect pain, with no contrasting element to define them, would mean a monotony of consciousness, would mean death

Talk about it only enough to do it. Dream about it only enough to feel it. Think about it only enough to understand it. Contemplate it only enough to be it.

Whatever I believed, I did; I did with my whole heart and mind as far as possible to do so.

Men are apt to idolize or fear that which they cannot understand, especially if it be a woman.

Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own.

Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is why there are so few masters.

No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.