How narrow is the vision that exalts the busyness of the ant above the singing of the grasshopper.

A hermit is one who renounces the world of fragments that he may enjoy the world wholly and without interruption.

He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy.

Yesterday is ever jealous of...tomorrow.

There is within me a friend who consoles me every time that troubles overwhelm me and misfortunes afflict me. The man who does not feel friendship towards himself is a public enemy, and he who finds no confidant within himself will die of despair. For life streams out of man's inner self and in no way from what surrounds him.

Women opened the windows of my eyes and the doors of my spirit. Had it not been for the woman-mother, the woman-sister, and the woman-friend, I would have been sleeping among those who seek the tranquility of the world with their snoring.

He who does not seek advice is a fool. His folly blinds him to Truth and makes him evil, stubborn, and a danger to his fellow man.