What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.

True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.

A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance.

I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams...

He fell as gently as a tree falls. There was not even any sound..

Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men.