For the sight of the angry weather saddens my soul and the sight of the town, sitting like a bereaved mother beneath layers of ice, oppresses my heart.

Prayer is the song of the heart. It reaches the ear of God even if it is mingled with the cry and the tumult of a thousand men.

You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.

Marriage is like a golden ring in a chain, whose beginning is a glance and whose ending is eternity.

Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.' Say not, ' I have found the path of the soul.' Say rather, 'I have met the soul walking upon my path.' For the soul walks upon all paths. The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed. The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.

And how shall you punish those whose remorse is already greater than their misdeeds?

Words are timeless. You should utter them or write them with a knowledge of their timelessness.