“The truly great man is he who would master no one, and who would be mastered by none.”

A woman whom Providence has provided with beauty of spirit and body is a truth, at the same time both open and secret, which we can understand only by love, and touch only by virtue.

Mother: the most beautiful word on the lips of mankind.

If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?

Darkness is dawn not yet born.

The universe is my country and the human family is my tribe.

Desire is half of life, indifference is half of death.

And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.

Tortoises can tell you more about the road than hares.

You may forget with whom you laughed, but you will never forget with whom you wept.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

Keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life.

Rest in reason. Move in Passion.

How often have you sailed in my dreams. And now you come in my awakening, which is my deeper dream.

Love is the only freedom in the world because it so elevates the spirit that the laws of humanity and the phenomena of nature do not alter its course.

When you love you should not think you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.

If I accept the sunshine and warmth, then I must also accept the thunder and lightning.