Let ignorance reproduce itself until it is weary of its own offspring.
Harlots shall be made pure by their own tears. But you publicans shall be held down by the chains of your own judgement.
A thief is a man in need. A liar is a man in fear.
And when one of you falls down he falls for those behind him, a caution against the stumbling stone. Ay, and he falls for those ahead of him, who though faster and surer of foot, yet removed not the stumbling stone.
In every aspect of the day Jesus was aware of the Father. He beheld Him in the clouds and in the shadows of the clouds that pass over the earth.
And how shall you punish those whose remorse is already greater than their misdeeds?
The best of man is he who blushes when you praise him and remains silent when you defame him.
When you are born, your work is placed in your heart.
He is short-sighted who looks only on the path he treads and the wall on which he leans.
To barter and lose is better than not to go forth.
Love is not without its flaws. The stronger the love, the more it tests you. Compassion and empathy will make true love persist.
For the first time the sun kissed my own naked face and my soul was inflamed with love for the sun, and I wanted my masks no more. And as if in a trance I cried, “Blessed, blessed are the thieves who stole my masks.” Thus I became a madman.
The snow and the storm destroy the flower; but its seed they cannot kill.
For truth and the spirit will abide with the morrow.
We who love Him beheld Him with these our eyes which He made to see; and we touched Him with these our hands which He taught to reach forth.
He who passes not his days in the realm of dreams is the slave of the days.
God has placed in each soul an apostle to lead us upon the illumined path. Yet many seek life from without, unaware that is within them.
If you are poor, shun association with him who measures men with the yardstick of riches.
Fear of the devil is one way of doubting God.
We fear death, yet we long for slumber and beautiful dreams.