I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.

To good and true love fear is forever affixed.

We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.

A habit does not a monk make.

Tell the truth and shame the devil.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.

If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.

If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror

You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.

Ignorance is the mother of all evils.

History is nothing new.

Heal my heart and make it clean, open up my eyes to the things unseen, show me how to love like you have loved me.

A clever arrangement of bad eggs will never make a good omelet.

You wait for fate to bring about the changes in life which you should be bringing about by yourself.

The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from the artist is to make him ruin his work.

The object of love is the best and most beautiful. Try to live up to it.

Teacher preparation should go beyond the technical preparation of teachers and be rooted in the ethical formation both of selves and of history.

Entering into the flow of abundance begins when exceeding expectations becomes a way of life.