Most people believe the mind to be a mirror, more or less accurately reflecting the world outside them, not realizing on the contrary that the mind is itself the principal element of creation.
Only those of tranquil minds, and none else, can attain abiding joy, by realizing within their souls the Being who manifests one essence in a multiplicity of forms.
He who wants to do good knocks at the gate: he who loves finds the door open.
We gain freedom when we have paid the full price.
Stray birds of summer come to my window to sing and fly away. And yellow leaves of autumn, which have no songs, flutter and fall there with a sigh.
In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.
When I stand before thee at the day’s end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing.
To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.
Beauty is truth’s smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.
Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.
Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation.
Once we dreamt that we were strangers. We wake up to find that we were dear to each other.
The biggest changes in a woman’s nature are brought by love; in man, by ambition.
You have given me Your love, filling the world with Your gifts.
I am able to love my God because He gives me freedom to deny Him.
Do not linger to gather flowers to keep them, but walk on, for flowers will keep themselves blooming all your way.
Dark clouds become heaven’s flowers when kissed by light.
It is in the very heart of our activity that we search for our goal.
My fancies are fireflies Specks of living light twinkling in the dark.