Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand.

Trickery succeeds sometimes, but it always commits suicide.

I would not exchange the laughter of my heart for the fortunes of the multitudes.

And when you crush an apple with your teeth, say to it in your heart: Your seeds shall live in my body, And the buds of your tomorrow shall blossom in my heart, And your fragrance shall be my breath, And together we shall rejoice through all the seasons.

Even as the holy and the righteous cannot rise beyond the highest which is in each one of you, so the wicked and the weak cannot fall lower than the lowest which is in you also.

Where can I find a man governed by reason instead of habits and urges?

Your body is the harp of the soul.