The mind, sharp but not broad, sticks at every point but does not move.
You idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God's dust is greater
than your idol.
Man does not reveal himself in his history, he struggles up through it.
While the glass lamp rebukes the earthen for calling it cousin the
moon rises, and the glass lamp, with a bland smile, calls her,
---My dear, dear sister.
Like the meeting of the seagulls and the waves we meet and come near.
The seagulls fly off, the waves roll away and we depart.
My day is done, and I am like a boat drawn on the beach, listening to
the dance-music of the tide in the evening.
Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it.
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
The sparrow is sorry for the peacock at the burden of its tail.
Never be afraid of the moments--thus sings the voice of the everlasting.
The hurricane seeks the shortest road by the no-road, and suddenly ends
its search in the Nowhere.
Take my wine in my own cup, friend.
It loses its wreath of foam when poured into that of others.
The perfect decks itself in beauty for the love of the Imperfect.
God says to man, "I heal you therefore I hurt, love you therefore punish."
Thank the flame for its light, but do not forget the lampholder
standing in the shade with constancy of patience.
Tiny grass, your steps are small, but you possess the earth under
your tread.
The infant flower opens its bud and cries, "Dear World, please do not
fade."
God grows weary of great kingdoms, but never of little flowers.
Wrong cannot afford defeat but Right can.
I give my whole water in joy,
it is enough for the thirsty.