As when, O lady mine, With chiselled touchThe stone unhewn and coldBecomes a living mould, The more the marble wastes, The more the statue grows.

No thought is born in me that does not bear the image of death.

What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed?

The sculpture is already complete within the marble block, before I start my work. It is already there, I just have to chisel away the superfluous material.

If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all.

Critique by creating.

Soul-to-soul contact sweeps through, like a tsunami, leaving in its wake just this: unconditional surrender and overwhelming gentleness.

You must endure

It is an undoubted truth that the neck and throat of a highbred woman are incomparably more beautiful than in the woman of lower origin. Blood will tell

...and gentle happy and peaceful, tasting the mean goodness of their living like the last of their suppers in their mouths.

The greatest legacy a father can leave for his children before he departs is PEACE, otherwise his properties will go in PIECES sooner that he dies.

Society does not consist of individuals, but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within which these individuals stand.

Choice-Judgement.Black coffee acidon an empty stomach.Perception.Cool, clear water.

I don't think I fully appreciated how relaxing it is having someone I can be really mean to. It's going to be so hard being nice all the time.

But death is not easy, and life can win by simulating it.

To everything there is a season A time for every purpose under heaven.... A time to weep and a time to laugh A time to mourn and a time to dance.