Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.

Inspiration is in seeing a part of the whole with the part of the whole in you.

This for God and this for myself; This for my soul, and this other for my body?

We are all prisoners but some of us are in cells with windows and some without.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

Is not dread of thirst when your well is full, the thirst that is unquenchable?

Who can separate his faith from his actions, or his belief from his occupations?

Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.

He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly.

Love that does not renew itself every day becomes a habit and in turn a slavery.

In the depth of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond.

Philosophy began when man ate the produce of the earth and suffered indigestion.

A little while, a moment of rest upon the wind, and another woman shall bear me.

Happiness is a vine that takes root and grows within the heart, never outside it.

I would not exchange the laughter of my heart for the fortunes of the multitudes.

God listens not to your words save when He Himself utters them through your lips.

The love of a parent for a child is the love that should grow towards separation.

Love... it surrounds every being and extends slowly to embrace all that shall be.

I had a second birth when my soul and my body loved one another and were married.

Yet has not Man wept at the sounds? And are not his tears eloquent understanding?

Tears have cleansed my eyes, and errors have taught me the language of the hearts.

We shall never understand one another until we reduce the language to seven words.

Every man is two men; one is awake in the darkness, the other asleep in the light.

A man can be free without being great, but no man can be great without being free.

It is not a garment I cast off this day, but a skin that I tear with my own hands.

You may forget with whom you laughed, but you will never forget with whom you wept.

And how shall you punish those whose remorse is already greater than their misdeeds?

History does not repeat itself except in the minds of those who do not know history.

You may give them your love, but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts.

Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the other half may reach you.

The truly great man is he who would master no one, and who would be mastered by none.

When a man's hand touches the hand of a woman, they both touch the heart of eternity.

Qualities of Good Citizens... is to admire what others have created in love and faith

Men who do not forgive women their little faults will never enjoy their great virtues.

And as a single leaf turns not yellow but with the silent knowledge of the whole tree.

The song of the voice is sweet, but the song of the heart is the pure voice of heaven.

Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking.

Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.

Your freedom when it loses its fetters becomes itself the fetter of a greater freedom.

If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved.

To judge you by your failures is to cast blame upon the seasons for their inconstancy.

Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter’s oven?

When we oppose the hidden conscience, it does us hurt. When we betray it, it judges us.

A traveller I am, and a navigator, and everyday I discover a new region within my soul.

If I accept the sunshine and warmth, then I must also accept the thunder and lightning.

There must be something strangely sacred about salt. It is in our tears and in the sea.

How distant I am from people when I am with them, and how close when they are far away.

You cannot judge any man beyond your knowledge of him, and how small is your knowledge.

Science and religion are in full accord, but science and faith are in complete discord.

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.

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