I have listened And I have looked With open eyes. I have poured my soul Into the world Seeking the unknown Within the known. And I sing out loud In amazement.

Life itself is a strange mixture. We have to take it as it is, try to understand it, and then to better it.

Set the bird's wings with gold and it will never again soar in thesky.

Dark clouds become heaven's flowers when kissed by light.

The human soul is on its journey from the law to love, from discipline to liberation, from the moral plane to the spiritual.

To find God, you must welcome everything.

Whatever we treasure for ourselves separates us from others; our possessions are our limitations.

Wrong is wrong only when you are at liberty to choose.

Clouds come floating into my life from other days no longer to shed rain or usher storm but to give colour to my sunset sky.

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.

Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.

The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.

All that is not given is lost.

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

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.

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

The best kind of wealth is to give up inordinate desires.

Those who own much have much to fear.

Man is worse than an animal when he is an animal.