Quotes by writer

"Friendship is born from an identity of spiritual goals - from common navigation toward a star."

"He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man."

"He who bears in his heart a cathedral to be built is already victorious. He who seeks to become sexton of a finished cathedral is already defeated."

"It is the duty of the ship's captain to make port, cost what it may."

"One must require from each one the duty which each one can perform. Accepted authority rests first of all on reason."

"How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to become - to be at last, and to die in the fullness of his being."

"One cannot build life from refrigerators, politics, credit statements and crossword puzzles. That is impossible. Nor can one exist for any length of time without poetry, without color, without love."

"For instance, if you come at four in the afternoon, I'll begin to be happy by three. The closer it gets to four, the happier I'll feel. By four I'll be excited and worried; I'll discover what it costs to be happy! But if you come at any od time, I'll never know when I should prepare my heart... There must be rites."

"The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something."

"True love is visible not to the eyes but to the heart, for eyes may be deceived."