Reason is not like the goods sold in the market places--the more plentiful they are, the less they are worth. Reason's worth waxes with her abundance. But were she sold in the market, it is only the wise man who would understand her true value.

I use hate as a weapon to defend myself; had I been strong, I would never have needed that kind of weapon.

Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter’s oven?

The very strength that protects the heart from injury is the strength that prevents the heart from enlarging to its intended greatness within. The song of the voice is sweet, but the song of the heart is the pure voice of heaven.

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.

Love is a gracious host to his guests though to the unbidden his house is a mirage and a mockery.

Believing is a fine thing, but placing those beliefs into execution is a test of strength. Many are those who talk like the roar of the sea, gut their lives are shallow and stagnant, like the rotting marshes. Many are those who lift their heads above the mountain tops, but their spirits remain dormant in the obscurity of the caverns.