We must understand then, that even though God doesn't always give us what we want, He always gives us what we need for our salvation.

I will plant my feet on that step where my parents put me as a child, until self-evident truth comes to light.

When all is said and done, is there any more wonderful sight, any moment when man's reason is nearer to some sort of contact with the nature of the world than the sowing of seeds, the planting of cuttings, the transplanting of shrubs or the grafting of slips?

A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.

Remember this. When people choose to withdraw far from a fire, the fire continues to give warmth, but they grow cold. When people choose to withdraw far from light, the light continues to be bright in itself but they are in darkness. This is also the case when people withdraw from God.

Do not wander far and wide but return into yourself. Deep within man there dwells the truth.

No man has a right to lead such a life of contemplation as to forget in his own ease the service due to his neighbor.