It is impossible for one to live without tears who considers things exactly as they are.

Concepts create idols; only wonder comprehends anything. People kill one another over idols. Wonder makes us fall to our knees.

Who gives you the day will give you also the things necessary for the day.

As no darkness can be seen by anyone surrounded by light, so no trivialities can capture the attention of anyone who has his eyes on Christ.

God's name is not known; it is wondered at.

That we may merge into the deep and dazzling darkness, vanish into it, dissolve in it forever in an unbelievable bliss beyond imagination, for absolute nothingness represents absolute bliss.

Peace is defined as harmony among those who are divided. When, therefore, we end the civil war within our nature and cultivate peace within ourselves, we become at peace.

For when one considers the universe, can anyone be so simple-minded as not to believe that the Divine is present in everything, pervading, embracing and penetrating it?

May we never risk the life of our souls by being resentful or by bearing grudges.

Concepts create idols; only wonder understands anything.

Since with all my soul I behold the face of my beloved, therefore all the beauty of his form is seen in me.

When we treat people merely as they are, they will remain as they are. When we treat them as if they were what they should be, they will become what they should be.

Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches...

Achievement is not possible in the absence of Zeal.

allowing freedom to others brings freedom to ourselves.

Though there is one part of writing that is solid and you do it no harm by talking about it, the other is fragile, and if you talk about it, the structure cracks and you have nothing.

I could do a few more sit-ups and my waistline would be less difficult.

Uhh Gosh, I.. don't think I ever said I'm not worried about Osama bin Laden. It's kind of one of those, uhh, exaggerations.

I don't like giving speeches - I enjoy sitting on my rump.

There are more facts and more truths told in the first eight minutes of The Daily Show than most political news conferences in Washington.

In city planning, there is no limit to be fixed.