You shall not dwell in tombs made by the dead for the living.

A word I want to see written on my grave: I am alive like you, and I am standing beside you. Close your eyes and look around, you will see me in front of you.

They tell me: If you see a slave sleeping, do not wake him lest he be dreaming of freedom. I tell them: If you see a slave sleeping, wake him and explain to him freedom.

Those who give you a serpent when you ask for a fish, may have nothing but serpents to give.

No human relation gives one possession in another—every two souls are absolutely different. In friendship or in love, the two side by side raise hands together to find what one cannot reach alone.

Like the seeds dreaming beneath the snow your heart dreams of spring.

Do not fear the thorns in your path, for they draw only corrupt blood.