The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seemed filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster
The wisest are the most annoyed at the loss of time.
The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public.
For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul?
I said to the almond tree, 'Speak to me of God,' and the almond tree blossomed.
“The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss - an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. - is sure to be noticed.”
A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.
Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
Desire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade
What are heavy? sea-sand and sorrow. What are brief? today and tomorrow. What are frail? spring blossoms and youth. What are deep? the ocean and truth.
In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
We Greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness.