They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price.

Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.

Now I realize that the trees blossom in Spring and bear fruit in Summer without seeking praise; and they drop their leaves in Autumn and become naked in Winter without fearing blame.

Learn the words of wisdom uttered by the wise and apply them in your own life. Live them - but do not a make a show of reciting them, for he who repeats what he does not understand is no better than an ass loaded with books.

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.

He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly.

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.