Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.

We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?

Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.

Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.

I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave.

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.

We never see ourselves as others see us.

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.

I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.