A mortal lives not through that breath that flows in and that flows out. The source of his life is another and this causes the breath to flow.

Some children are born from heaven and others are born from hell, because each human being has his inherent tendencies, and these tendencies belong to his spirit, and indicate the state in which he existed before he was born.

It would be an error to try to build the Kingdom of Heaven upon envy. For nothing that is founded on envy can thrive; it must have another root.

If we want to make a statement about a man's nature on the basis of his physiognomy, we must take everything into account; it is in his distress that a man is tested, for then his nature is revealed.

Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters; it deals with the very processes of life, which must be understood before they may be guided.

Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy, from which new arts flow.

We do not know it because we are fooling away our time with outward and perishing things, and are asleep in regard to that which is real within ourself.