To live as one likes is plebian the noble man aspires to order and law.

A noble soul alone can noble souls attract; And knows alone, as ye, to hold them.

At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you.

The greatest genius will not be worth much if he pretends to draw exclusively from his own resources

Continue to make the demands of the day your immediate concern, and take occasion to test the purity of your hearts and the steadfastness of your spirits. When you then take a deep breath and rise above the cares of this world and in an hour of leisure, you will surely win the proper frame of mind to face devoutly what is above us, with reverence, seeing in all events the manifestation of a higher guidance.

I never believed in trying to do anything. Whatever I set out to do I found I had already accomplished.

A life without love, without the presence of the beloved, is nothing but a mere magic-lantern show. We draw out slide after slide, swiftly tiring of each, and pushing it back to make haste for the next.