“Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.”

My God grant me love for that which has splendor, but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.

Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.

A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.

Water is the best of all things.

May God grant me love for that which has splendor; but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.

Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.

Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.

Learn what you are and be such.

With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.

War is sweet for those who haven’t experienced it.

A thing said walks in immortality if it has been said well.

Envy, the attendant of the empty mind.

A good deed hidden in silence dies.

Creatures of a day, what is any one? What is he not? Man is but a dream of a shadow. Yet when there comes as a gift of heaven a gleam of sunshine, there rest upon men a radiant light and, aye, a gentle life.

To our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve.

He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.

The first-beginnings of things cannot be distinguished by the eye.

Hark! the hours are softly calling Bidding Spring arise To listen to the rain-drops falling From the cloudy skies

You can pick my flower but my roots will remain and I will keep blooming – there is no stopping me now.

It felt like the world was changing its relationship with me but I had stayed the same.

And all our troubles, all our immense difficulties, now and in the future, can I say

As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.

We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.

Not they who reject the gods are profane, but those who accept them.