The strong grows in solitude where the weak withers away.
Friendship with the ignorant is as foolish as arguing with a drunkard.
You may give them your love, but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts.
Tortoises can tell you more about the road than hares.
I use hate as a weapon to defend myself; had I been strong, I would never have needed that kind of weapon.
He who does not see the kingdom of heaven in this life will never see it in the coming life.
Cover me with soft earth, and let each handful be mixed With seeds ofjasmine, lilies, and myrtle; and when they Grow above me and thrive on my body’s element they will Breathe the fragrance of my heart into space.
Strange that we all defend our wrongs with more vigor than we do our rights.
Philosophy’s work is finding the shortest path between two points.
Many are the fools who say that Jesus stood in His own path and opposed Himself; that He knew not His own mind, and in the absence of that knowledge confounded Himself.
Inspiration is in seeing a part of the whole with the part of the whole in you.
Inspiration will always sing; inspiration will never explain.
Disagreement may be the shortest cut between two minds.
But now I have learned to listen to silence. To hear its choirs singing the song of ages, chanting the hymns of space, and disclosing the secrets of eternity.
I said to Life, I would hear Death speak. And Life raised her voice a little higher and said, You hear him now.
Between the shores of the oceans and the summit of the highest mountain is a secret route that you must absolutely take before being one with the sons of the Earth.
Keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life.
He who repeats what he does not understand is no better than an ass that is loaded with books.
Trickery succeeds sometimes, but it always commits suicide.
To be closer to god, be closer to people.