The truly great man is he who would master no one, and who would be mastered by none.
To be closer to god, be closer to people.
Be like a flower and turn your face to the sun.
Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveiled its face, inspiring us with bewilderment and exhilaration.
If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.
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?