The divinity who rules within us, forbids us to leave this world without his command.

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.

Life is short, but art lives forever.

What is more agreeable than one's home?

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes.

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.

That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.