Never value anything as profitable to thyself which shall compel thee to break thy promise, to lose thy self-respect, to hate any man, to suspect, to curse, to act the hypocrite, to desire anything which needs walls and curtains.

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.

He who has seen present things has seen all, both everything which has taken place from all eternity and everything which will be for time without end; for all things are of one kin and of one form.

To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions.

The man who has a house everywhere has a home nowhere

My only fear is doing something contrary to human nature - the wrong thing, the wrong way, or at the wrong time.