When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?

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They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the...

They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the...

Should we all confess our sins to one another we would all laugh at one...

Should we all confess our sins to one another we would all laugh at one...

And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears.

And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears.

For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.

For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has...

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has...

If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure...

If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure...

I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till...

I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till...

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in...

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in...

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns...

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns...

Yes, there is Nirvana; it is in leading your sheep to a green pasture, and...

Yes, there is Nirvana; it is in leading your sheep to a green pasture, and...

You may forget the one with whom you have laughed, but never the one with...

You may forget the one with whom you have laughed, but never the one with...

Oh, heart, if one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body,...

Oh, heart, if one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body,...

The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then...

The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then...

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it...

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it...

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of...

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of...

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall...

The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall...

The advice I am giving always to all my students is above all to study...

The advice I am giving always to all my students is above all to study...

Some of the best lessons we ever learn we learn from our mistakes and failures....

Some of the best lessons we ever learn we learn from our mistakes and failures....