The rosary in the hand, repentance on the lips, and the heart full of sinful longings-sin itself laughs at our repentance!

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.

Everything I didn’t know I was looking for…it’s there whenever I’m with you. I don’t know what it is that you think I deserve, but I don’t want anything other than what’s right here, right now.

Death is the vehicle God uses to get us from here to where we are going. Before you take that ride, make sure you know in what direction you are heading.

Yes, God uses the uneducated to confound the wise. But that doesn't make ignorance a virtue.

Do not treat others as you yourself would not be treated.

I would say that Bob Dylan is as interested in money as any person I've known in my life. That's just the truth.

I have very little patience for teachers who teach their students things that are wrong.

All roads lead to the judgment seat of Christ.

You can't keep a cool head when you're drowning in love. You just trash around a lot and scream, and wear yourself out.

If only the good were a little less heavy-footed