And if you would know God, be not therefore a solver of riddles. Rather look about you and you shall see Him playing with your children.

Love descends upon our souls by the will of God and not by the demand or the plea of the individual.

When a man's hand touches the hand of a woman, they both touch the heart of eternity.

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

I use hate as a weapon to defend myself; had I been strong, I would never have needed that kind of weapon.

The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, and though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. 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. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward, nor tarries with yesterday.