We learn to treasure what is above this earth; we long for revelation, which nowhere burns more purely and more beautifully than in the New Testament.

For the butterfly, mating and propagation involve the sacrifice of life, for the human being, the sacrifice of beauty.

The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but to know someone who thinks and feels with us, and who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.

If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.

We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

Wisdom is found only in truth.

Just as, out of habit, one consults a run-down clock as though it were still going, so too one may look at the face of a beautiful woman as though he still loved her.