How narrow is the vision that exalts the busyness of the ant above the singing of the grasshopper.

Your saying 'I do not understand you' is praise beyond my worth, and an insult you do not deserve.

And that which sings and contemplates in you is still dwelling within the bounds of that first moment which scattered the stars into space.

Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful. And though you seek in garments the freedom of privacy, you may find in them a harness and a chain. Would that you could meet the sun and the wind with more of your body and less of your raiment.

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge. The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple, among his followers, gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness. If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind.

And one of the elders of the city , said , speak to us of good and evil. And he answered : You are good in countless ways , and you are not evil when you are not good .