Man is a stream whose source is hidden. Our being is descending into us from we know not whence.

How much more the seeker of abstract truth, who needs periods of isolation, and rapt concentration, and almost a going out of thebody to think!

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding.

Every particular in nature, a leaf, a drop, a crystal, a moment of time is related to the whole, and partakes of the perfection of the whole.

For the resolute and determined, there is time and opportunity.

I will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever inly rejoices me and the heart apoints.

All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the power of adding a second, a third, and perhaps a fourth step in a continuous line. Many a man has taken the first step. With every additional step you enhance immensely the value of your first.