Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always... - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood."

"Books are for nothing but to inspire"

"Philosophically considered, the universe is composed of Nature and the Soul. Strictly speaking, therefore, all that is separate from us, all which Philosophy distinguishes as the 'Not Me,' that is, both nature and art, all other men and my own body, must be ranked under this name, 'Nature.'"

"The only way to have a friend is to be one."

"In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine."