“He smiled the most exquisite smile, veiled by memory, tinged by dreams.”

I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it is worse, perhaps, to be locked in.

I enjoy the spring more than the autumn now. One does, I think, as one gets older.

A self that goes on changing is a self that goes on living.

The mind must be allowed to settle undisturbed over the object in order to secrete the pearl.

I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don’t have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.

When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don’t seem to matter very much, do they?

A light here required a shadow there.

Illusions are to the soul what atmosphere is to the earth.

If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.

Melancholy were the sounds on a winter’s night.

Books are the mirrors of the soul.

I am rooted, but I flow.

And all the lives we ever lived and all the lives to be are full of trees and changing leaves.

And all the lives we ever lived and all the lives to be are full of trees and changing leaves.

Love, the poet said, is woman’s whole existence.

I always had the deepest affection for people who carried sublime tears in their silences.

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.

Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.

Having the courage to stand up and pursue your dreams will give you life’s greatest reward and life’s greatest adventure.

Some people dream of success, while others wake up and work hard at it.

We’d achieve more if we chase the dream instead of the competition.

Dream, Dream & Dream. Dreams transform into thoughts and thoughts result in action.

The term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning.

When you make sacrifices to help other people’s dreams come to pass, God will make sure your dream comes to pass.