I believe verbal felicity is the fruit of ardor, of diligence, and of refusing to be false.

Life is energy, and energy is creativity. And even when individuals pass on, the energy is retained in the work of art, locked in it and awaiting release if only someone will take the time and the care to unlock it.

If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you why I think that I can cross it if I try.

The weak overcomes its/ menace, the strong over-/comes itself.

We don't like flowers that do not wilt; they must die, and nine she-camel hairs aid memory.

War is pillage versus resistance and if illusions of magnitude could be transmuted into ideals of magnanimity, peace might be realized.

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence.