Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow... even if that someone is yourself!
The beginning is half of the whole.
For the poet is a light winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired and is out of his senses and the mind is no longer with him. When he has not attained this state he is powerless and unable to utter his oracles.
You cannot go into the same water twice.
Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.
The contemplation of beauty causes the soul to grow wings.