"I want the loved person to grow and unfold for his own sake, and in his own ways, and not for the purpose of serving me..."

"Love is the force that transforms and improves the Soul of the World. … It is we who nourish the Soul of the World, an..."

"I would not be a rose upon the wall A queen might stop at, near the palace-door, To say to a courtier, "Pluck that rose ..."