you can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing?

To judge you by your failures is to cast blame upon the seasons for their inconstancy.

Each thing that exists remains forever, and that very existence of existence is proof of its eternity. But without that realization, which is the knowledge of perfect being, man would never know whether there was existence or non-existence. If eternal existence is altered, then it must become more beautiful; and if it disappears, it must return with more sublime image; and if it sleeps, it must dream of a better awakening, for it is ever greater upon its rebirth.

We are all like the bright moon, we still have our darker side.

Reason without learning is like the untilled soil, or like the human body that lacks nourishment.

Which of you would be silent - when all else sings together in unison?

If you are poor, shun association with him who measures men with the yardstick of riches.