I would not exchange the laughter of my heart for the fortunes of the multitudes.

In battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing the truth is presenting half-truth. He conceals the other half out of fear of people's wrath.

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

It is only when you are pursued that you become swift.

Make me, oh God, the prey of the Lion, ere you make the rabbit my prey

Love descends upon our souls by the will of God and not by the demand or the plea of the individual.

Strange, the desire for certain pleasures is a part of my pain.