Tell your secret to the wind, but don't blame it for telling the trees.

We stood up and bade each other farewell, but love and despair stood between us like two ghosts, one stretching his wings with his fingers over our throats, one weeping and the other laughing hideously. As I took Selma's hand and put it to my lips, she came close to me and placed a kiss on my forehead, then dropped on the wooden bench. She shut her eyes and whispered softly, "Oh, Lord God, have mercy on me and mend my broken wings!

Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.

A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?

And as a single leaf turns not yellow but with the silent knowledge of the whole tree.

Darkness is dawn not yet born.

When you reach the heart of life you shall find beauty in all things, even in the eyes that are blind to beauty.