A look which reveals inward stress adds more beauty to the face, no matter how much tragedy and pain it bespeaks; but the face which, in silence, does not announce hidden mysteries is not beautiful, regardless of the symmetry of its features.

The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the heart of God.

There is a desire deep within the soul which drives man from the seen to the unseen, to philosophy and to the divine.

It was but yesterday I thought myself a fragment quivering without rhythm in the sphere of life. Now I know that I am the sphere, and all life in rhythmic fragments moves within me.

You may forget with whom you laughed, but you will never forget with whom you wept.

Only those return to Eternity Who on earth seek out Eternity.

Solitude has soft, silky hands, but with strong fingers it grasps the heart and makes it ache with sorrow.