I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward.

The silence of the envious is too noisy.

Your life is an island separated from all other islands and continents. Regardless of how many boats you send to other shores or how many ships arrive upon your shores, you yourself are an island separated by its own pains, secluded in its happiness

Those who give you a serpent when you ask for a fish, may have nothing but serpents to give.

Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.

Behold, I have reached the peak of the mountain and my spirit has taken flight in the heavens of freedom and liberation. I have gone far, far away, O children of my mother; the hills beyond the mists are now hidden from my view, the last traces of the valleys have been flooded by the ocean of serenity, and the paths and trails have been erased by the hand of oblivion. The roar of ocean waves has faded. I no longer hear anything but the anthem of eternity, which harmonizes with the spirit.

Some of our children are our justifications and some are but our regrets