"To what shore would you cross, O my heart? there is no traveller before you, there is no road: Where is the movement, where is the rest, on that shore? There is no water; no boat, no boatman, is there…"

"Do what you do with another human being, but never put your trust in the way."

"The wise man does not fear death, for he knows that it is but a door to another life."

"If you don't find your soul in the world, look for it in words."

"The world dies reading endless books, but none becomes wise. He alone is truly learned who reads the two-and-a-half letters of Love."