"Patience is a virtue because the echo of our deeds ripples through eternity."

"Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others."

"We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise."

"In the depths of adversity, joy is found not in possessing, but in appreciating."

"A visionary sees the unseen and knows the beauty of life is found in its imperfections."

"We must not be content to memorize the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let us go out and study beautiful nature."

"The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise."

"A humble soul understands that the beauty of life is found in its imperfections."