When you reach the heart of life you shall find beauty in all things, even in the eyes that are blind to beauty.
He alone is great who turns the voice of the wind into a song made sweeter by his own loving.
Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.
Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then becomes a host, and then a master.
Would that I could be the peacemaker in your soul, that I might turn the discord and the rivalry of your elements into oneness and melody.
I would not exchange the laughter of my heart for the fortunes of the multitudes.
Braving obstacles and hardships is braver than retreat to tranquility.
A root is a flower that disdains fame.
If you sing of beauty though alone in the heart of the desert you will have an audience.
There are those who give and know not pain in giving, nor do they seek joy, nor give with mindfulness of virtue; They give as in yonder valley the myrtle breathes its fragrance into space.
If we were to all sit in a circle and confess our sins, we would laugh at each other for lack of originality.
If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
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.
Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the other half may reach you.
It has been said that next to hunger and thirst, our most basic human need is for storytelling.
In friendship let there be laughter and sharing of pleasures.
Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.