Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority.

How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

Too low they build who build below the skies.

A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.

Narcissus is the glory of his race: For who does nothing with a better grace?.

How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man!... Midway from nothing to the Deity!

Early, bright, transient, chaste as morning dew, She sparkled, was exhaled, and went to heaven.

The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought.

Where boasting ends, there dignity begins.

Who lives to Nature, rarely can be poor ; who lives to fancy, never can be rich.

Leisure is pain; take off our chariot wheels; how heavily we drag the load of life!

Through transcendence of duality, we foster greater unity in our lives, which brings about inner peace and the sprouting of unconditional LOVE.

But history does repeat itself

Give yourself the love and attention you desire, it's the starting point of contentment.

knowledge without creativity is useless creativity without knowledge is meaningless

Instructions from Jesus will always yield favorable results.

Every work experience is a positive work experience, and if you're looking at it any other way I can't help you.

if you make waffles, throw out the first one.

I don't believe in God now. I can still work up an envy for someone who has a faith. I can see how that could be a deeply soothing experience.

I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will be like.

Fame and fortune are as hard to find as a lightning strike.