He who defines his conduct by ethics imprisons his song-bird in a cage.

You would know the secret of death. But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life.

The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities.

Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand.

Verily the lust for comfort murders the passion of the soul, and then walks grinning in the funeral.

But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure, then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing-floor, into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears.

Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself, but if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires.