That which shows God in me, fortifies me. That which shows God out of me, makes me a wart and a wen.

Truly speaking, it is not instruction, but provocation, that I can receive from another soul. What he announces, I must find true in me, or reject; and on his word, or as his second, be he who he may, I can accept nothing.

Life is an ecstasy. Life is sweet as nitrous oxide.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

You need someone who can inspire you to be what you know you can be

A man in the view of absolute goodness, adores, with total humility. Every step downward, is a step upward. The man who renounceshimself, comes to himself.

Tis the privilege of Art Thus to play its cheerful part, Man on earth to acclimate And bend the exile to his fate.