Now I realize that the trees blossom in Spring and bear fruit in Summer without seeking praise; and they drop their leaves in Autumn and become naked in Winter without fearing blame.

What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you?

The philosopher's soul dwells in his head, the poet's soul is in his heart; the singer's soul lingers about his throat, but the soul of the dancer abides in all her body.

For love is sufficient unto love.

When life does not find a singer to sing her heart she produces a philosopher to speak her mind.

Your thought describes laws, courts, judges, punishments. Mine explains that when man makes a law, he either violates it or obeys it. If there is a basic law, we are all one before it. He who disdains the mean is himself mean. He who vaunts his scorn of the sinful vaunts his disdain of all humanity.

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