The weeping of the candle is not in mourning for the moth: the dawn is at hand, and it is thinking of its own dark night.

In this market every head has a different fancy: everyone winds his turban in a different fashion.

Seek for the truth from the heart which is empty of thought.

The roots of the aged palm tree exceed those of the young one; the old have a greater attachment to the world.

The wave is ignorant of the true nature of the sea: how can the temporal comprehend the eternal?

To the seeker after pearls, silence is a speaking argument, for no breath comes forth from the diver of the sea.

Formerly, people used to grieve over the departed, but in our days they grieve over the survivors.

Peace is in proportion to every pause: observe the difference between to run, to walk, to stand, to sit, to lie, to die.

The life of this transitory world is the expectation of death: to renounce life is to escape from the expectation of annihilation.

Ten doors are opened if one door be shut: the finger is the interpreter of the dumb man's tongue.

What does it profit you that all the libraries of the world should be yours? Not knowledge but what one does with knowledge is your profit.

Don't pound your chest when it's all good, then blame God when it's all bad.

George theThird Ought never to have occurred. One can only wonder At so grotesque a blunder.

I love strange things; my favorite movies are weird, eclectic, and intriguing.

I can't bear looking in the mirror - I guess that's why my hair looks like this.

It's easier to ask forgiveness than to beg for permission.

If kids like a picture book, they're going to read it at least 50 times. Read anything that often, and even minor imperfections start to feel like gravel in the bed.

[Prince] could very well be the Duke Ellington of Rock 'n' Roll.

Read, think well of mankind, go to our libraries and rejoice.

The great hope, and for the propagating and advancing the gospel of the kingdom of Christ in those remote parts of the world