“Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.”

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.

The small wisdom is like water in a glass: clear, transparent, pure. The great wisdom is like the water in the sea: dark, mysterious, impenetrable.

Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them.

Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.

Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.

Rest belongs to the work as the eyelids to the eyes.

When old words die out on the tongue, new melodies break forth from the heart; and where the old tracks are lost, new country is revealed with its wonders.