Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream.
You may chain my hands, you may shackle my feet; you may even throw me into a dark prison; but you shall not enslave my thinking, because it is free!
You cannot judge any man beyond your knowledge of him, and how small is your knowledge.
How beautiful to find a heart that loves you, without asking you for anything, but to be okay.
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires.
A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?
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.
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
You progress not through what has been done, but reaching towards what has yet to be done.
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
When you are born, your work is placed in your heart.
You may forget with whom you laughed, but you will never forget with whom you wept.
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.
The reality of the other person is not in what he reveals to you, but in what he cannot reveal to you. Therefore, if you would understand him, listen not to what he says but rather to what he does not say.
If I accept the sunshine and warmth, then I must also accept the thunder and lightning.
Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.
If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were.
I would not exchange the sorrows of my heart for the joys of the multitude. And I would not have the tears that sadness makes to flow from my every part turn into laughter. I would that my life remain a tear and a smile.
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
The mother is everything - she is our consolation in sorrow, our hope in misery, and our strength in weakness. She is the source of love, mercy, sympathy, and forgiveness. He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly.
Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them.
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.
How distant I am from people when I am with them, and how close when they are far away.
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.
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
When you reach the end of what you should know, you will be at the beginning of what you should sense.
Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost.
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.
Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
Tears have cleansed my eyes, and errors have taught me the language of the hearts.
Love is timeless....Death does not separate the lover from the beloved.
A truly religious man does not embrace a religion; and he who embraces one has no religion.
Keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life.
Hearts united in pain and sorrow will not be separated by joy and happiness. Bonds that are woven in sadness are stronger than the ties of joy and pleasure. Love that is washed by tears will remain eternally pure and faithful.
Truth is like the stars; it does not appear except from behind obscurity of the night. Truth is like all beautiful things in the world; it does not disclose its desirability except to those who first feel the influence of falsehood. Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.
A word I want to see written on my grave: I am alive like you, and I am standing beside you. Close your eyes and look around, you will see me in front of you.
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