Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love.

Perhaps a man may commit suicide in self-defense.

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

Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills?

The voice of life in me cannot reach the ear of life in you; but let us talk that we may not feel lonely.

Love is the veil between lover and lover.

But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To know the pain of too much tenderness. To be wounded by your own understanding of love; And to bleed willingly and joyfully. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving; To rest at noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy; To return home at eventide with gratitude; And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise on your lips.