Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young.

It's far better to make people angry than to make them ashamed.

The traveler has to knock at every alien door to come to his own, and one has to wander through all the outer worlds to reach the innermost shrine at the end.

This little flute of a reed thou hast carried over hills and dales, and hast breathed through it melodies eternally new.

Thy infinite gifts come to me only on these very small hands of mine. Ages pass, and still thou pourest, and still there is room to fill.

Art awakens a sense of real by establishing an intimate relationship between our inner being and the universe at large, bringing us a consciousness of deep joy.

Boasting is only a masked shame; it does not truly believe in itself.