“The fish in the water is silent, the animal on the earth is noisy, the bird in the air is singing. But man has in him the silence of the sea, the noise of the earth and the music of the air.”

Love's gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.

Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God's dust is greater than your idol.

The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous.

If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.

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.

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.

The mountain remains unmoved at its seeming defeat by the mist.

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