Beauty is not a need but an ecstasy. It is not a mouth thirsting nor an empty hand stretched forth, But rather a heart enflamed and a soul enchanted.

For in truth it is life that gives unto life-while you, who deem yourself a giver, are but a witness.

Wailing and lamentation befit those who stand before the throne of life and depart without leaving in its hands a drop of the sweat of their brows or the blood of their hearts.

You have your ideology and I have mine.

When you are born, your work is placed in your heart.

But now I have learned to listen to silence. To hear its choirs singing the song of ages, chanting the hymns of space, and disclosing the secrets of eternity.

If you are poor, shun association with him who measures men with the yardstick of riches.