He looked at her as a man might look at a faded flower he had plucked, in which it was difficult for him to trace the beauty that had made him pick and so destroy it

Not one word, not one gesture of yours shall I, could I, ever forget.

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.

I have now understood that though it seems to men that they live by care for themselves, in truth it is love alone by which they live. He who has love, is in God, and God is in him, for God is love.

Darkness had fallen upon everything for him; but just because of this darkness he felt that the one guiding clue in the darkness was his work, and he clutched it and clung to it with all his strength.

…the majority of men do not think in order to know the truth, but in order to assure themselves that the life which they lead, and which is agreeable and habitual to them, is the one which coincides with the truth.

Rivers are places that renew our spirit, connect us with our past, and link us directly with the flow and rhythm of the natural world.