Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.

A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.

When a woman conceives her true self, a miracle occurs and life around her begins again.

Only he who accepts clashes and conflicts in life, loves life.

It is not the length of life, but the depth.

Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

To forgive is not just to be altruistic.

Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.

Let the guarantee of free speech be in every man's determination to use it, and we shall have no need of paper declarations.

Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

There's place and means for every man alive.

Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.

True spirituality has its basis in moral life, which in turn is based on contem-plation.

We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life