A sense of humour is a sense of proportion.

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

The giving and receiving of pleasure is a need and an ecstasy.

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. And look into space; you shall see Him walking in the cloud, outstretching His arms in the lightning and descending in rain. You shall see Him smiling in flowers, then rising and waving His hands in 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!

He is short-sighted who looks only on the path he treads and the wall on which he leans.

All you have shall some day be given. Therefore give now, that the season of giving may be yours and not your inheritors.