By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.
Spurious fame spreads from tongue to tongue like the fog of the early dawn before the sun rises.
Inspiration follows aspiration.
Be brave, right through, and leave for the unknown.
Beauty is simply reality seen with the eyes of love.
Truth looks tawdry when she is overdressed.
Truth comes as conqueror only to those who have lost the art of receiving it as friend.
What you are you do not see, what you see is your shadow.
My debts are large, my failures great, my shame secret and heavy; yet I come to ask for my good, I quake in fear lest my prayer be granted.
While God waits for His temple to be built of love, men bring stones.
I leave no trace of wings in the air, but I am glad I have had my flight.
You smiled and talked to me of nothing and I felt that for this I had been waiting long.
Power said to the world, “You are mine.” The world kept it prisoner on her throne. Love said to the world, “I am thine.” The world gave it the freedom of her house.
The weak can be terrible because they try furiously to appear strong.
The Great Morning which is for all, rises in the East.
The sparrow is sorry for the peacock at the burden of its tail.
Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it. Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on. Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree.
The movement of life has to rest in its own music.
Perhaps the new dawn will come from this horizon, from the East where the sun rises; and then, unvanquished Man will retrace his path of conquest, despite all barriers, to win back his lost heritage.
When you have once taken up a responsibility, you must see it through.