One should arrive at leading one's conscience to a state of development so that it becomes the voice of a better and higher self, of which the ordinary self is a servant.

Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.

We feel lonely now and then and long for friends and think we should be quite different and happier if we found a friend of whom we might say: “He is the one.” But you, too, will begin to learn that there is much self-deception behind this longing; if we yielded too much to it, it would lead us from the road.

I will not live without love.

So often, a visit to a bookshop has cheered me, and reminded me that there are good things in the world.

Love is eternal, the aspect may change, but not the essence. 


What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?