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

No man can reveal to you nothing but that which already lies half-asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.

I have never agreed with my other self wholly. The truth of the matter seems to lie between us.

Among the hills, when you sit in the cool shade of the white poplars, sharing the peace and serenity of distant fields and meadows - then let your heart say in silence, "God rests in reason." And when the storm comes, and the mighty wind shakes the forest, and thunder and lightning proclaim the majesty of the sky, - then let your heart say in awe, "God moves in passion.

How can I lose faith in the justice of life, when the dreams of those who sleep upon feathers are not more beautiful than the dreams of those who sleep upon the earth?

Death changes nothing but the mask that covers our faces.

You may strive to be like them but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.