You don't love if you don't take the beloved's faults for virtues.

Like the star that shines afar, Without haste and without rest, Let each one wheel with steady sway Round the task that rules the day, And do their best.

Battle not with monsters, for then you become one.

I hate every violent overthrow, because as much is destroyed as is gained by it.

I believe in God and in nature and in the triumph of good over evil.

Let no one be ashamed to say yes today if yesterday he said no. Or to say no today if yesterday he said yes. For that is life. Never to have changed-what a pitiable thing of which to boast!

There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on how one looks at it.