Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.

Come with us to the field, or go with our brothers to the sea and cast your net. For the land and the sea shall be bountiful to you even as to 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.

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

you can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing?

We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.

Death changes nothing but the mask that covers our faces.