“Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.”

The iron chain and the silken cord are both equally bonds.

Dear is my friend–yet from my foe, as from my friend, comes good: My friend shows what I can do, and my foe what I should.

The dream is short, repentance long.

Cling to thy native land, for it is the land of thy fathers?

Without a home must the soldier go, a changeful wanderer, and can warm himself at no home-lit hearth.

The joke loses everything when the joker laughs himself.

The mind is the eyesight of the soul.

I have enjoyed the happiness of the world; I have loved.

What shall he fear that does not fear death.

Every true genius is bound to be naive.

An honest man you may form of windle-straws, but to make a rogue you must have grist.

Satisfied if they themselves can escape from the hard labour of thought, they willingly abandon to others the guardianship of their thoughts.

Freedom can occur only through education.

Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual.

It is not the mere station of life that stamps the value on us, but the manner in which we act our part.

Fate hath no voice but the heart’s impulse.

It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.

Life with God is not immunity from difficulties, but peace in difficulties.

Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable.

There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.

The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.

Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for.

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

I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.