“Wisdom is not finally tested by the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass’d from one having it to another not having it, Wisdom is of the soul, is not susceptible of proof, is its own proof.”

There will never be any more perfection than there is now.

The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.

I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself.

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

A man can be a hero in any profession.

Each of us inevitable; Each of us limitless-each of us with his or her right upon the earth.

Re-examine all that you have been told, dismiss that which insults your soul.

I dream in my dreams all the dreams of the other dreamers. And I become the other dreamers.

Those who love each other shall become invincible.

I am the man, I suffered, I was there.

Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.

Be not ashamed women, You are the gates of the body, and you are the gates of the soul.

I and this mystery, here we stand.

The gift is to the giver, and comes back most to him – it cannot fail.

The chief proof of man’s real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.

I don’t want to believe. I want to know.

Often a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age.

Sincerity is always subject to proof.

There is nothing more despicable than an old man who has no other proof than his age to offer of his having lived long in the world.

When something is made idiot proof, they will just make better idiots.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

The fact that our heart yearns for something Earth can’t supply is proof that Heaven must be our home.