The first glance from the eyes of the beloved is like the spirit that moved upon the face of the waters, giving birth to heaven and earth.

We are all prisoners but some of us are in cells with windows and some without.

It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding; and to the open-handed the search for one who shall receive is joy greater than giving.

It was in my heart to help a little because I was helped much.

Thus with my lips have I denounced you, while my heart, bleeding within me, called you tender names.

Life is not only merriment,It is desire and determination.

For that which is boundless in you abides in the mansion of the sky, whose door is the morning mist, and whose windows are the songs and the silences of night.