Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.” “Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving

Marriage is like a temple resting on two pillars. If they come too close to each other the temple will collapse.

For the breath of life is in the sunlight and the hand of life is in the wind.

And all knowledge is vain save when there is work, and all work is empty save when there is love; and when you work with love you bind yourself to yourself, and to one another, and to God.

Am I a harp that the hand of the mighty may touch me, or a flute that his breath may pass through me? A seeker of silences am I, and what treasure have I found in silences that I may dispense with confidence?

Beauty is life when life unveils her holy face.

If we were to all sit in a circle and confess our sins, we would laugh at each other for lack of originality.