The soul-stirring image of death is no bugbear to the sage, and is looked on without despair by the pious. It teaches the former to live, and it strengthens the hopes of the latter in salvation in the midst of distress. Death is new life to both.

Stones are mute teachers; they silence the observer, and the most valuable lesson we learn from them we cannot communicate.

We who didn't inherit political power nor are made to acquire riches like nothing better than that which expands and solidifies the power of the spirit.

When an idea is wanting, a word can always be found to take its place.

I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wants.

Art is constitutive-the artist determines beauty. He does not take it over.

We all walk in mysteries. We are surrounded by an atmosphere about which we still know nothing at all.