... let us unite, not in spite of our differences, but through them. For differences can never be wiped away, and life would be so much the poorer without them. Let all human races keep their own personalities, and yet come together, not in a uniformity that is dead, but in a unity that is living.

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

Faith is a bird that can see the light when it is dawn and starts singing in the dark.

Truth looks tawdry when she is overdressed.

Man is immortal; therefore he must die endlessly. For life is a creative idea; it can only find itself in changing forms

He it is, the innermost one, who awakens my being with his deep hidden touches. He it is who puts his enchantment upon these eyes and joyfully plays on the chords of my heart in varied cadence of pleasure and pain.

Languages are jealous sovereigns, and passports are rarely allowed for travellers to cross their strictly guarded borders.