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“The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.”

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”

“Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.”

“I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.”

“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.”

“And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.”

“Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.”

“Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.”

“To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.”

“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”

“Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.”

“Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.”

“No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge. 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. If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind.”

“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.”

“Let there be spaces in your togetherness”

“Happiness is a myth we seek, If manifested surely irks; Like river speeding to the plain, On its arrival slows and murks. For man is happy only in His aspiration to the heights; When he attains his goal, he cools And longs for other distant flights.”