That deed which in our guilt we today call weakness, will appear tomorrow as an essential link in the complete chain of Man |
The bird has an honor that man does not have. Man lives in the traps of his abdicated laws and traditions; but the birds live according to the natural law of God who causes the earth to turn around the sun. |
The chemist who can extract from his heart's elements compassion, respect, longing, patience, regret, surprise, and forgiveness and compound them into one can create that atom which is called love. |
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven? |
The earth is like a beautiful bride who needs no manmade jewels to heighten her loveliness... |
The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is. |
The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the heart of God. |
The life of a flower is longing and fulfilment. A tear and a smile. |
The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities. |
The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest and then becomes a host, and then a master |
The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold. |
The nearest to my heart are a king without a kingdom and a poor man who does not know how to beg |
The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply. |
The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose |
The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose |