“Heaven-gates are not so highly arched
As princes' palaces; they that enter there
Must go upon their knees.”

“I don’t think man was meant to attain happiness so easily. Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.”

“One should say before sleeping: I have lived many lives. I have been a slave and a prince. Many a beloved has sat upon my knee and I have sat upon the knees of many a beloved. Everything that has been shall be again.”

“Can princes born in palaces be sensible of the misery of those who dwell in cottages?”

“No Indian prince has to his palace
More followers than a thief to the gallows.”

“All experience is an arch, to build upon.”

“You do not so act as to avoid Hell and enter Heaven.”

“I am going to take this bucket of water and pour it on the flames of hell, and then I am going to use this torch to burn down the gates of paradise so that people will not love God for want of heaven or fear of hell, but because He is God.”

“The covetous man is like a camel with a great hunch on his back; heaven's gate must be made higher and broader, or he will hardly get in.”

“There are so many! It is going to be a feast. There will be blood up to your knees.”