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“A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.”
“Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.”
“Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.”
“Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.”
“Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.”
“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.”
“If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?”
“Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.”
“The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the heart of God.”
“Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.”
“Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills?”
“Love is trembling happiness.”
“Your friend is your needs answered.”
“I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end.”
“Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.”
“Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.”
“Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.”
“Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in your seeds.”
“If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.”
“Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all.”