Though someday we may become as eloquent as Sahban, but we might also miss the essence of the Forgiving One.

That sorrow which is the harbinger of joy is preferable to the joy which is followed by sorrow.

Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.

The world is not a courtroom There is no judge no jury no plaintiff. This is a caravan filled with eccentric beings telling wondrous stories about God.

The sea does not contain all the pearls, the earth does not enclose all the treasures, and the flint-stone does not inclose all the diamonds, since the head of man encloses wisdom.

In the faculty of speech man excels the brute; but if thou utterest what is improper, the brute is they superior.

Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.