One does not get to know that one exists until one rediscovers oneself in others.

What a man does not understand, he does not possess.

Sweet moonlight, shining full and clear, Why do you light my torture here? How often have you seen me toil, Burning last drops of midnight oil. On books and papers as I read, My friend, your mournful light you shed. If only I could flee this den And walk the mountain-tops again, Through moonlit meadows make my way, In mountain caves with spirits play - Released from learning's musty cell, Your healing dew would make me well!

Basic characteristics of an individual organism: to divide, to unite, to merge into the universal, to abide in the particular, to transform itself, to define itself, and as living things tend to appear under a thousand conditions, to arise and vanish, to solidify and melt, to freeze and flow, to expand and contract. Since these effects occur together, any or all may occur at the same moment.

The loss of a much-prized treasure is only half felt when we have not regarded its tenure as secure.

It is not enough to take steps which may someday lead to a goal; each step must be itself a goal and a step likewise.

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.