Children who are decked with prince's robes and who have jeweled chains round their necks lose all pleasure in play; their dress hampers them at every step. In fear that it may be frayed, or stained with dust, they keep themselves from the world and are afraid ever to move. Mother, it is no gain, thy bondage of finery, if it keep one shut off from the healthful dust of the earth, if it rob one of the right of entrance to the great fair of common human life.

Death is turning out the lamp because the dawn has appeared.

The real frienship is like fluorescence, it shines better when everything has darken.

Those who think to reach God by running away from the world, when and where do they expect to meet him? We are reaching him here in this very spot, now at this very moment.

At the immortal touch of thy hands my little heart loses its limits in joy and gives birth to utterance ineffable.

Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.

When I stand before thee at the day's end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing.