“Truly, art is embedded in nature; he who can extract it, has it.”

“Nature holds the beautiful, for the artist who has the insight to extract it. Thus, beauty lies even in humble, perhaps ugly things, and the ideal, which bypasses or improves on nature, may not be truly beautiful in the end.”

“There are many gateways. And we may need to master all of them in order to gain full access to who we truly are. Yet, there is a special one, which can allow progress to be easier. This is not truly a gateway, it is a natural opening, which is why it can be easily disregarded. It was there at all times, it has not been built, it is devoid of any decoration or signpost. This natural opening is ACCEPTANCE.”

“He who truly knows has no occasion to shout.”

“He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.”

“No very black melencholy can come to he who lives in the midst of nature and has his senses still.....”