"I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end"
"Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love; love recompenses the adorers"
"Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do"
"All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind"
"Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood"
"A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle"
"A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?"
"Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow"
"Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding"
"Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens"
"Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy"
"Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents"
"Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself"
"Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills?"
"When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?"
"When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight"
"When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight"
"When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies"
"When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you"
"What is this world that is hastening me toward I know not what, viewing me with contempt?"
"If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember"
"Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me, for that would be easier than to be a spring of flowing water that the thirsty pass by, and from which they avoid drinking"
"To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to"
"Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be"
"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars"
"Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms"
"If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work"
"We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them"
"Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream"
"Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever"
"Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in your seeds"
"In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed"
"Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all"
"Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary"
"You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth"
"What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you?"
"Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand"
"No man can reveal to you nothing but that which already lies half-asleep in the dawning of your knowledge"
"Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit"
"Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveiled its face, inspiring us with bewilderment and exhilaration"
