A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?

And if you would know God, be not therefore a solver of riddles. Rather look about you and you shall see Him playing with your children.

There is a desire deep within the soul which drives man from the seen to the unseen, to philosophy and to the divine.

I use hate as a weapon to defend myself; had I been strong, I would never have needed that kind of weapon.

But memory is an autumn leaf that murmurs a while in the wind and then is heard no more.

And when one of you falls down he falls for those behind him, a caution against the stumbling stone. Ay, and he falls for those ahead of him, who though faster and surer of foot, yet removed not the stumbling stone.

Remember, one just man causes the Devil greater affliction than a million blind believers.