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"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."
"Seek ye counsel of the aged for their eyes have looked on the faces of the years and their ears have hardened to the voices of Life. Even if their counsel is displeasing to you, pay heed to them."
"And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb."
"Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honour."
"Every man is two men; one is awake in the darkness, the other asleep in the light."
"Darkness is dawn not yet born."
"The song of the voice is sweet, but the song of the heart is the pure voice of heaven."
"Marriage is like a golden ring in a chain, whose beginning is a glance and whose ending is eternity."
"Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in the desert."
"If your knowledge teaches you not to rise above human weakness and misery and lead your fellow man on the right path, you are indeed a man of little worth and will remain such till Judgment Day."
"Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights. But your ears thirst for the sound of the heart's knowledge. You would know in words that which you have always known in thought. You would touch with your fingers the naked body of the dreams."
"If you are poor, shun association with him who measures men with the yardstick of riches."
"Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the same well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven? And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives?"
"You shall be free indeed when your days are not without a care, nor your nights without a want and a grief, but rather when these things girdle your life and yet you rise above them naked and unbound."
"Your friend is your needs answered."
"I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward."
"If any of you would bring judgment the unfaithful wife, let him also weight the heart of her husband in scales, and measure his soul with measurements."
"I learnt silence from the talkative"
"Lovers embrace that which is between them rather than each other."
"Only once have I been made mute. It was when a man asked me, 'Who are you?'"