Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people. |
Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof. |
Love is trembling happiness. Topics: Love Is |
Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me, for that would be easier than to be a spring of flowing water that the thirsty pass by, and from which they avoid drinking. |
A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain? |
Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.' |
I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit. |
When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison? |
If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. |
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. |
They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the mesh of a sieve. |
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. |
I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires. |
Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents. |
Life without liberty is like a body without spirit. |
And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. |
Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being. |
If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom? |
Your friend is your needs answered. |
Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do. |