“Sular mı yandı? Neden tunca benziyor mermer? Bu bir lisân-ı hafîdir ki ruha dolmakta Kızıl havaları seyret ki akşam olmakta...”
— Ahmet Hâşim, Merdiven
“Korku, ölümlülük üzerinde egemenlik kurar; ancak Doğanın yasasını bildiğimizde bu korku dağılır.”
— Lucretius
“It is Truth which we must look for in Holy Writ, not cunning of words. All Scripture ought to be read in the spirit in which it was written.”
— Thomas à Kempis
“The man to whom all things are one, who bringeth all things to one, who seeth all things in one, he is able to remain steadfast of spirit, and at rest in God.”
— Thomas à Kempis