Because the soul is like a flower that folds its petals when dark comes, and breathes not its fragrance into the phantoms of the night.

You are good when you strive to give of yourself. Yet you are not evil when you seek gain for yourself. For when you strive for gain you are but a root that clings to the earth and sucks at her breast. Surely the fruit cannot say to the root, 'Be like me, ripe and full and ever giving of your abundance.' For to the fruit giving is a need as receiving is a need to the root.

A truly religious man does not embrace a religion; and he who embraces one has no religion.

Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills?

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

Oh, Lord God, have mercy on me and mend my broken wings.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.