The same wind that uproots trees makes the grass shine. The lordly wind loves the weakness and the lowness of grasses. Never brag of being strong. The axe doesn’t worry how thick the branches are. It cuts them to pieces. But not the leaves. It leaves the leaves alone.
Judge the moth by the beauty of the candle.
Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart. Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.
Its your road, and yours alone. others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.
Which is worth more, a crowd of thousands, or your own genuine solitude? Freedom, or power over an entire nation? A little while alone in your room will prove more valuable than anything else that could ever be given you.
Come to the orchard in Spring. There is light and wine, and sweethearts in the pomegranate flowers. If you do not come, these do not matter. If you do come, these do not matter.
Somewhere beyond right and wrong, there is a garden. I will meet you there.
Study me as much as you like, you will never know me, for I differ a hundred ways from what you see me to be.
Protect yourself from your own thoughts.
Lay aside caution, it cannot help thee against destiny; to worry with precaution is to toil and moil; go, trust in providence, trust in the better part.
Know that the world is like Mount Sinai, and we like Moses are seekers; every moment an epiphany arrives and cleaves the mountain asunder.
When you go to a garden, do you look at thorns or flowers? Spend more time with the roses and jasmine.
The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you.
This is how it always is when I finish a poem. A great silence overcomes me and I wonder why I ever thought to use language.
Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you’d ever imagined. Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
Every leaf that grows will tell you: what you sow will bear fruit, so if you have any sense my friend, don’t plant anything but Love.
Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.
Listen with ears of tolerance! See through the eyes of compassion! Speak with the language of love.
We carry inside us the wonders we seek outside us.
Christian, Jew, Muslim, shaman, Zoroastrian, stone, ground, mountain, river, each has a secret way of being with the mystery, unique and not to be judged.