For which of you desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?
Who realises all the happiness he desires? Everything is in the hands of God. Therefore, one should learn contentment.
A man’s value depends upon his courage and resolution, his veracity depends upon his traits of nobility and self-respect and his chastity depends upon his sense of honor.
I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives.
Your hills, O Earth, your snow-clad mountain peaks, your forests, may they show us kindliness… Impart to us vitalising forces that come, O Earth from deep within your body, your central point, your navel, purify us wholly.
