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.

If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were.

The teacher gives not of his wisdom, but rather of his faith and lovingness.

One may not reach the dawn save by path of night.

Verily the lust for comfort murders the passion of the soul, and then walks grinning in the funeral.

How distant I am from people when I am with them, and how close when they are far away.

Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveiled its face, inspiring us with bewilderment and exhilaration.