And if any of you would punish in the name of righteousness and lay the ax unto the evil tree, let him see to its roots;.
He who understands you is greater kin to you than your own brother. For even your own kindred may neither understand you nor know your true worth.
Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving...
Say not, “I have found the path of the soul.” Say rather, “I have met the soul walking upon my path.” For the soul walks upon all paths. The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed. The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. For what are your possessions but things you keep and guard for fear you may need them tomorrow?
Dengan matanya yang kecil, manusia hanya memandang sesuatu secara lahiriah semata dan tidak memandang misteri-misteri yang tersembunyi di baliknya. Dalam ketidak pastiannya, mereka menghakimi dan dalam kebutaannya mereka menghujat. Yang bersalah dan yang tak berdosa, yang baik dan yang jahat adalah sama bagi mereka.
To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To know the pain of too much tenderness. To be wounded by your own understanding of love; And to bleed willingly and joyfully. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving; To rest at the noon hour and meditate love’s ecstasy; To return home at eventide with gratitude; And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.
The highest virtue here may be the least in another world.
Votre joie est votre tristesse sans masque.
Your reason and your passion are the rudder and sails of your seafaring soul.
So too is love a sigh from the sea of emotions, a tear from the sky of love, and a smile from the field of the soul.
There is neither religion nor science beyond beauty.
After all this is not a bad prison; but I do not like this wall between my cell and the next priosner’s cell; Yet I assure you that I do not wish to reproach the warder nor the builder of the prison.
Where shall you seek beauty, and how shall you find her unless she herself be your way and your guide?
Said a hunted fox followed by twenty horsemen and a pack of twenty hounds, “Of course they will kill me. But how poor and how stupid they must be. Surely it would not be worth while for twenty foxes riding on twenty asses and accompanied by twenty wolves to chase and kill one man.
And when the shadow fades and is no more, the light that lingers becomes a shadow to another light.
TORCH The human soul is but a part of a burning torch which God separated from Himself at Creation. WM-ST-67.
SPRING In every winter’s heart there is a quivering spring, and behind the veil of each night there is a smiling dawn. SP-ST-57.
Only an idiot and a genius break man-made laws; and they are the nearest to the heart of God.
NIGHTINGALE The nightingale does not make his nest in a cage lest slavery be the lot of its chicks. BW-ST-122.