Those who have everything but thee, my God, laugh at those who have nothing but thyself.

If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door- or i'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.

It is in the very heart of our activity that we search for our goal.

Do not linger to gather flowers to keep them, but walk on, for flowers will keep themselves blooming all your way.

The roots below the earth claim no rewards for making the branches fruitful.

O master poet, I have sat down at thy feet. Only let me make my life simple and straight, like a flute of reed for thee to fill with music.

Alas, why are my nights all thus lost? Ah, why do I ever miss his sight whose breath touches my sleep?