“Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.”

Gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.

Opinions mean nothing; they may be beautiful or ugly, clever or foolish, anyone can embrace or reject them.

All higher humor begins with ceasing to take oneself seriously.

My real self wanders elsewhere, far away, wanders on and on invisibly and has nothing to do with my life.

You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves. A whole society composed of men afraid of the unknown within them!

When the suffering becomes acute enough, one goes forward.

Beauty does not bring happiness to the one who possesses it, but to the one who loves and admires it.

The truth is lived, not taught.

Oh, love isn’t there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.

The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure.

You are willing to die, you coward, but not to live.

Every experience has its element of magic.

As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.

Faith and doubt go hand in hand, they are complementaries. One who never doubts will never truly believe.

Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.

Never is a man wholly a saint or a sinner.

Is it your own destiny? Or is it a destiny someone else has tried to force on you?

You can’t reach your destiny if you’re always looking back.

Success is gifted to those who do not rush their destiny.

Character is destiny.

I now know, by an almost fatalistic conformity with the facts, that my destiny is to travel.

I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be.

Be patient and understanding, as magic is gifted to those who do not rush their destiny.

Be patient because success is gifted to those who do not rush their destiny.