“When you are in doubt as to which you should serve forsake the material appearance for the invisible principle for this is everything.”
“When the materials are ready, the architects shall appear.”
“If you please man and never please God, you have nothing; if you please God and man forsakes you, you have everything.”
“You should give up material only when there is a definite advantage to be gained in position or tactics.”
“Don't judge from the outside. Like any beautiful rose has thorns... the more a person appears nice on the outside, the more you should doubt the inside.”
“Eternal truths are ultimately invisible, and you won't find them in material things or natural phenomena, or even in human emotions.”