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

The danger inherent in all force grows stronger when it is likely to gain success, for then it becomes temptation.

O Beauty, find thyself in love, not in the flattery of thy mirror.

Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them." "Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it." "Life is perpetually creative because it contains in itself that surplus which ever overflows the boundaries of the immediate time and space, restlessly pursuing its adventure of expression in the varied forms of self-realization." "The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.

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.

No civilized society can thrive upon victims, whose humanity has been permanently mutilated.

The speech of my heart will be carried on in murmurings of a song.