Leave out my name from the gift if it be a burden, but keep my song.

The weak can be terrible because they try furiously to appear strong.

Our scientific world is our world of reasoning. It has its greatness and uses and attractions. We are ready to pay homage due to it. But when it claims to have discovered the real world for us and laughs at the worlds of all simple-minded men, then we must say it is like a general grown intoxicated with his power, usurping the throne of his king

My eyes have seen much, but they are not weary. My ears have heard much, but they thirst for more.

If I call not thee in my prayers, if I keep not thee in my heart, thy love for me still waits for my love.

If someone smells a flower and says he does not understand, the reply to him is: there is nothing to understand, it is only a scent. If he persists, saying: that I know, but what does it all mean? Then one has either to change the subject, or make it more abstruse by saying that the scent is the shape which the universal joy takes in the flower.

In the mountain, stillness surges up to explore its own height In the lake, movement stands still to contemplate its own depth.