Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded.

I always seek the good that is in people and leave the bad to Him who made mankind and knows how to round off the corners.

We cannot and must not get rid of nor deny our characteristics. But we can give them shape and direction.

When I say to the Moment flying; 'Linger a while -- thou art so fair!' Then bind me in thy bonds undying, And my final ruin I will bear!

Man's restlessness makes him strive.

Miracle is the pet child of faith.

Whether one show one's self a man of genius in science or compose a song, the only point is, whether the thought, the discovery, the deed, is living and can live on.