Man is never alone. Acknowledged or unacknowledged, that which dreams through him is always there to support him from within. – Laurence van der Post

Some things become so completely our own that we forget them. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

[E]very donkey who ever peered at himself in the water of the stream he was crossing has enjoyed the sight and been sure he was a handsome horse. – Gustave Flaubert, letter to Louise Colet, 1846 October 7th, translated by Franci

Once your awareness becomes a flame, it burns up the whole slavery that the mind has created. – Osho