Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.

He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man

But in the machine of today we forget that motors are whirring: the motor, finally, has come to fulfill its function, which is to whirr as a heart beats - and we give no thought to the beating of our heart. Thus, precisely because it is perfect the machine dissembles its own existence instead of forcing itself upon our notice.

But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour my heart is to be ready to greet you.

She knew this man's smile, his gentle ways of love, but not his godlike fury in the storm. She might snare him in a fragile net of music, love and flowers, but, at each departure, he would break forth without, it seemed to her, the least regret.