A lamp can only light another lamp when it continues to burn in its own flame.

Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark. In effect, the people who change our lives the most begin to sing to us while we are still in darkness. If we listen to their song, we will see the dawning of a new part of ourselves.

Those who have everything but thee, my God, laugh at those who have nothing but thyself.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims

The roots below the earth claim no rewards for making the branches fruitful.

He who wants to do good knocks at the gate: he who loves finds the door open.

Let it not be death but completeness. Let love melt into memory and pain into songs. Let the flight through the sky end in the folding of the wings over the nest. Let the last touch of your hands be gentle like the flower of the night. Stand still, O Beautiful End, for a moment, and say your last words in silence. I bow to you and hold up my lamp to light you on your way.