You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

The heart's affections are divided like the branches of the cedar tree; if the tree loses one strong branch; it will suffer but it does not die; it will pour all its vitality into the next branch so that it will grow and fill the empty place.

God has made many doors opening into truth which He opens to all who knock upon them with hands of faith.

Among the hills, when you sit in the cool shade of the white poplars, sharing the peace and serenity of distant fields and meadows - then let your heart say in silence, "God rests in reason." And when the storm comes, and the mighty wind shakes the forest, and thunder and lightning proclaim the majesty of the sky, - then let your heart say in awe, "God moves in passion.

I said to Life, I would hear Death speak. And Life raised her voice a little higher and said, You hear him now.

Life has two halves: one patient and one afire. Love is the fiery half. Make me, O Lord, food for the flames.

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.