It was but yesterday I thought myself a fragment quivering without rhythm in the sphere of life. Now I know that I am the sphere, and all life in rhythmic fragments moves within me.

He who requires urging to do a noble act will never accomplish it.

If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were.

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

In the depth of my soul there is a wordless song.

I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires.

Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love; love recompenses the adorers.