“You have been told also that life is darkness, and in your weariness you echo what was said by the weary.
And I say that life is indeed darkness save when there is urge,
And all urge is blind save when there is knowledge.
And all knowledge is vain save when there is work,
And all work is empty save when there is love…”

and

“…you can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing?”