There are those who give and know not pain in giving, nor do they seek joy, nor give with mindfulness of virtue; They give as in yonder valley the myrtle breathes its fragrance into space.
He who understands you is greater kin to you than your own brother. For even your own kindred neither understand you nor know your true worth.
When you are sorrowful, look again.
The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.
Your friend is your needs answered.
Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself, but if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires.
I would not exchange the laughter of my heart for the fortunes of the multitudes; nor would I be content with converting my tears, invited by my agonized self, into calm. It is my fervent hope that my whole life on this earth will ever be tears and laughter. Tears that purify my heart and reveal to me the secret of life and its mystery, Laughter that brings me closer to my fellow men; Tears with which I join the broken-hearted, Laugher that symbolizes joy over my very existence.
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.
Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.
The best love come from the heart, not from the mouth.
The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.
Madness is the first step towards unselfishness. Be mad and tell us what is behind the veil of "sanity". The purpose of life is to bring us closer to those secrets, and madness is the only means.
He who seeks ecstasy in love should not complain of suffering.
When you look closely people are so strange & so complicated that they're actually beautiful.
Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.
Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.
They say: 'If a man knew himself, he would know all mankind.' I say: 'If a man loved mankind, he would know something of himself.
Every beauty and greatness in this world is created by a single thought or emotion inside a man. Every thing we see today, made by past generations, was, before its appearance, a thought in the mind of a man or an impulse in the heart of a woman.
I sit between my brother the mountain and my sister the sea. We three are one in loneliness, and the love that binds us together is deep and strong and strange.
Like the seeds dreaming beneath the snow your heart dreams of spring.
The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.
Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honour.
All work is empty save when there is love.
Limited love asks for possession of the beloved, but the unlimited asks only for itself.
Your confidence in the people, and your doubt about them, are closely related to your self-confidence and your self-doubt.
Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.” “Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving
Life is weaker than Death and Death is weaker than Truth.
You are good when you walk to your goal firmly and with bold steps. Yet you are not evil when you go thither limping. For those who limp go not backwards. But you who are strong and swift, see that you do not limp before the lame, deeming it kindness.
He was gentle, like a man mindful of his own strength. In my dreams I beheld the kings of the earth standing in awe in His presence.
It was in my heart to help a little because I was helped much.
Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.
The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply.
That which seems most feeble and bewildered in you is the strongest and most determined. Is it not your breath that has erected and hardened the structure of your bones?
Love prides itself not only in the one who loves, but also in the beloved.
You would measure time the measureless and the immeasurable. You would adjust your conduct and even direct the course of your spirit according to hours and seasons. Of time you would make a stream upon whose bank you would sit and watch its flowing.
I am forever walking upon these shores, Betwixt the sand and the foam, The high tide will erase my food prnts, And the wind will blow away the foam, But the sea and the shore will remain forver
Do not be merciful, but be just, for mercy is bestowed upon the guilty criminal, while Justice is all that the innocent man requires.
You cannot lay remorse upon the innocent nor lift it from the heart of the guilty. Unbidden shall it call in the night, that men may wake and gaze upon themselves.
Defeat, my defeat, my deathless courage, You and I shall laugh together with the storm, And together we shall dig graves for all that die in us, and we shall stand in the sun with a will, And we shall be dangerous
But now I have learned to listen to silence. To hear its choirs singing the song of ages, chanting the hymns of space, and disclosing the secrets of eternity.
When I planted my pain in the field of patience it bore fruit of happiness.
The veil that clouds your eyes shall be lifted by the hands that wove it.
If aught I have said is truth, that truth shall reveal itself in a clearer voice, and in words more kin to your thoughts.
He is short-sighted who looks only on the path he treads and the wall on which he leans.
Let ignorance reproduce itself until it is weary of its own offspring.
Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.
Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.
Behind the veil of each night, there is a smilling dawn.
Give and Take...For to the bee a flower is a fountain if lifeAnd to the flower a bee is a messenger of loveAnd to both, bee and flower,the giving and the receiving is a need and an ecstasy.
Sayings remain meaningless until they are embodied in habits.
Some think I wink at them when I shut my eyes to avoid their sight.
We live only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
Sorrow is too great to exist in small hearts.
For in truth it is life that gives unto life-while you, who deem yourself a giver, are but a witness.
I have never agreed with my other self wholly. The truth of the matter seems to lie between us.
For this I bless you most. You give much and know not that you give at all.
Solitude is a silent storm that breaks down all our dead branches; yet it sends our living roots deeper into the living heart of the living earth.
Even as the holy and the righteous cannot rise beyond the highest which is in each one of you, so the wicked and the weak cannot fall lower than the lowest which is in you also.
Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills?
