The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain..

For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance..

joy and sorrow are inseparable. . . together they come and when one sits alone with you . . remember that the other is asleep upon your bed..

An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind..

Every man loves two women;the one is the creation of his imagination and the other is not yet born.

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

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teach….

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother..

Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream..

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution..

No lower can a man descend than to interpret his dreams into gold and silver..

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice..

But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure, then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of lov….

Yes, there is a Nirvanah; it is leading your sheep to a green pasture, and in putting your child to sleep, and in writing the last line of your poem.

Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate ….

No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge. The teacher who walks in the shadow of the t….

Yet has not Man wept at the sounds? And are not his tears eloquent understanding?.

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle..

Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge..

If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully..

Strange that creatures without backbones have the hardest shells..