The truly great man is he who would master no one, and who would be mastered by none.

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.

Extreme torture is mute, and so we sat silent, petrified, like columns of marble buried under the sand of an earthquake. Neither wished to listen to the other because our heart-threads had become weak and even breathing would have broken them.

He that tries to seize an opportunity after it has passed him by is like one who sees it approach but will not go to meet it.

Oh heart, if one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body, answer that the flower withers, but the seed remains.

Reason is not like the goods sold in the market places--the more plentiful they are, the less they are worth. Reason's worth waxes with her abundance. But were she sold in the market, it is only the wise man who would understand her true value.

Listen to the women when she looks at you, not when she talks to you.