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 temple, among his followers, gives not of...

When you reach the end of what you should know, you will be at the beginning of what you should sense.

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.

My house says to me, “Do not leave me, for here dwells your past.”And the road says to me, “Come and follow me, for I am your future.”And I say to both my house and...

Death changes nothing but the masks that cover our faces.

[W]enn der Austausch [Handel] nicht in Liebe und freundlicher Gerechtigkeit stattfindet, wird er bloß einige zur Gier und andere zum Hunger führen.

Darkness may hide the treesand the flowers from the eyesbut it cannot hidelove from the soul.

Die Einsicht eines Menschen verleiht ihre Flügel keinem anderen.

I am the lover’s gift; I am the wedding wreath;I am the memory of a moment of happiness;I am the last gift of the living to the dead;I am a part of joy and a...

For the sight of the angry weather saddens my soul and the sight of the town, sitting like a bereaved mother beneath layers of ice, oppresses my heart.

Dig anywhere in the earth and you will find a treasure, only you must dig with the faith of a peasant.

And when you crush an apple with your teeth, say to it in your heart:Your seeds shall live in my body,And the buds of your tomorrow shall blossom in my heart,And your fragrance shall be...

Know, therefore, that from the greater silence I shall return….. Forget not that I shall come back to you….A little while, a moment of rest upon the wind, and anohter woman shall bear me.