Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old.
Sad that our finest aspiration Our freshest dreams and meditations, In swift succession should decay, Like Autumn leaves that rot away.
Ballet is a dance executed by the human soul.
Ecstasy is a glass full of tea and a piece of sugar in the mouth.
Unrequited love is not an affront to man but raises him.
I loved you: and, it may be, from my soul The former love has never gone away, But let it not recall to you my dole; I wish not sadden you in any way. I loved you silently, without hope, fully, In diffidence, in jealousy, in pain; I loved you so tenderly and truly, As let you else be loved by any man.
Play interests me very much," said Hermann: "but I am not in the position to sacrifice the necessary in the hope of winning the superfluous.
I can have an androgynous quality.
I don't understand what I did wrong except live a life that everyone is jealous of.
We are not a body with a soul, but a soul with a body. When the body dies the soul returns to the source.
Among the weeds choking out growth and good government are the hundreds of boards, commissions, and advisory committees that have sprouted over the years. They devour time, money, and energy far beyond any real contribution they make.