I curse all negative purism that tells me not to use a word from another language that either expresses something that my own language cannot or does that in a more delicate manner.

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.

Since you know me and my destiny only too well, you probably also know what attracts me to all unfortunate people.

I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator.

Help me to discover Thy truth, O Lord, and preserve me from those who have already found it

Do the duty which lies nearest to thee.

Does not man lack the force at the very point where he needs it most? And when he soars upward in joy, or sinks down in suffering, is not checked in both, is he not returned again to the dull, cold sphere of awareness, just when he was longing to lose himself in the fullness of the infinite.