Those who give you a serpent when you ask for a fish, may have nothing but serpents to give.

I deserted the world and sought solitude because I became tired of rendering courtesy to those multitudes who believe that humility is a sort of weakness, and mercy a kind of cowardice, and snobbery a form of strength.

When the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.

The snow and the storm destroy the flower; but its seed they cannot kill.

Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth.

The philosopher's soul dwells in his head, the poet's soul is in his heart; the singer's soul lingers about his throat, but the soul of the dancer abides in all her body.

Forgetfulness is a form of freedom.