“Knowledge and understanding are life’s faithful companions who will never prove untrue to you. For knowledge is your crown, and understanding your staff; and when they are with you, you can possess no greater treasures.”

“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.”

“It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would wither.”