Every man is two men; one is awake in the darkness, the other asleep in the light.

I am bored with gabbers and their gab; my soul abhors them. . . . Is there any place where there is no traffic in empty talk? Is there on this earth one who does not worship himself talking?

God has bestowed upon you intelligence and knowledge. Do not extinguish the lamp of Divine Grace and do not let the candle of wisdom die out in the darkness of lust and error. For a wise man approaches with his torch to light up the path of mankind.

Let your home be you mast and not your anchor.

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

The universe is my country and the human family is my tribe.

Inspiration is in seeing a part of the whole with the part of the whole in you.