“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 of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.”

“Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.”

“The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.”

“Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.”

“There is no substitute for hard work.”