We never know we are beings till we love. And then it is we know the powers and potentialities of human existence.

People mistake their limitations for high standards.

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

In a sick world, it is the first duty of the artist to get well.

Thank everyone who calls out your faults, your anger, your impatience, your egotism; do this consciously, voluntarily.

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

No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.