Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.
They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were; they all fused into a single stubbornness.
The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving.
Ritual is the way you carry the presence of the sacred. Ritual is the spark that must not go out.
[Water is] the only drink for a wise man.
I am never afraid of what I know.
To establish oneself in the world, one has to do all one can to appear established.
A man may well bring a horse to the water but he cannot make him drink.