Tears come from the heart and not from the brain.

Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master.

Truth is so excellent, that if it praises but small things they become noble.

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

The life we want is not merely the one we have chosen and made. It is the one we must be choosing and making.

Healing is impossible in loneliness; it is the opposite of loneliness. Conviviality is healing. To be healed we must come with all the other creatures to the feast of creation.

It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.

Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.

We have neglected the truth that a good farmer is a craftsman of the highest order, a kind of artist.

Don’t own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.