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“Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.”
“And let your board stand an altar on which the pure and the innocent of forest and plain are sacrificed for that which is purer and still more innocent in man.”
“There are those among you who seek the talkative through fear of being alone.The silence of aloneness reveals to their eyes their naked selves and they would escape.And there are those who talk, an...”
“Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, ...”
“I have seen a face with a thousand countenances, and a face that was but a single countenance as if held in a mould. I have seen a face whose sheen I could look through to the ugliness beneath, and...”
“Then said a teacher , speak to us of teaching . And he said :The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple among his followers gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness...”
“Long ago you were a dream in your mother's sleep, and then she awoke to give you birth.”
“you are good when you strive to give of yourself.”
“Of the good in you I can speak, but not of the evil.For what is evil but good tortured by its own hunger and thirst?Verily when good is hungry it seeks food even in dark caves, and when it thirsts ...”
“Some of our children are our justifications and some are but our regrets.”
“When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. Some of you say, "Joy is greater than sorrow," and others say,...”
“Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.”
“Art thou like me, child of my darkest heart? And dost thou think my untamed thoughts and speak my vast language? Yea, we are twin brothers, O, Night; for thou revealest space and I reveal my soul.”
“Let there be spaces in your togetherness.And let the wind of the heavens dance between you.”
“What is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?”
“But you, children of space, you restless in rest, you shall not be trapped nor tamed.”
“Shall I come to you, a boundless drop to a boundless ocean.”
“You often say ; I would give , but only to the deserving, The trees in your orchard say not so , nor the flocks in your pasture.Surely he who is worthy to receive his days and nights is worthy of a...”
“Generosity is not in giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is in giving me that which you need more than I do.”
“Who are you that men should rend their bosom and unveil their pride, that you may see their worth naked and their pride unabashed?See first that you yourself deserve to be a giver, and an instrumen...”
