Mankind owns four things that are no good at sea: rudder, anchor, oars and the fear of going down.

What have you done with the garden that was entrusted to you?

Death is something we shouldn't fear because, while we are, death isn't, and when death is, we aren't.

Only a fool thinks price and value are the same.

Last night as I was sleeping, I dreamt - marvellous error! - That it was God I had here inside my heart.

The wind, one brilliant day, called to my soul with an odor of jasmine. "In return for the odor of my jasmine, I'd like all the odor of your roses." "I have no roses; all the flowers in my garden are dead." "Well then, I'll take the withered petals and the yellow leaves and the waters of the fountain." the wind left. And I wept. And I said to myself: "What have you done with the garden that was entrusted to you?

Life is the path you beat while you walk it.