I have said that the soul is not more than the body, And I have said that the body is not more than the soul, And nothing, not God, is greater to one than one's-self is.

An individual is as superb as a nation when he has the qualities which make a superb nation.

Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me.

Where the earth is, we are.

Long enough have you dream'd contemptible dreams, Now I wash the gum from your eyes, You must habit yourself to the dazzle of the light and of every moment of your life

The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world.

Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.