《 فَاصْبِرْ صَبْراً جَمِيلاً. إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُ بَعِيداً. وَ نَراهُ قَرِيباً. 》

“To give up our imaginary position as the center, to renounce it, not only intellectually but in the imaginative part of our soul, that means to awaken to what is real and eternal, to see the true light and hear the true silence.”

"Indeed I counsel you, my dear son, to be mindful of God: hold fast to His command, build up your heart with His remembrance, and cling firmly to His rope. What bond could ever be more secure than the bond that stands between you and God, if only you grasp it? Give life to your heart through admonition. Cause it to die to the world through detachment. Strengthen it with certainty. Illuminate it with wisdom. Humble it with the remembrance of death. Make it acknowledge its passing away. Open its sight to the calamities of this world. Warn it of the assaults of time and the harsh turning of nights and days. Set before your heart the stories of those who came before you. Remind it of what befell the earlier generations. Walk among their dwellings and their ruins, and reflect on what they did, from what they departed, and where they came to rest and abide. You will find that they have left their loved ones and settled in the abode of estrangement. And before long, it will be as though you yourself have become one of them. So set right your final resting place, and do not sell your Hereafter for the sake of your worldly life."

𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔢𝔠𝔯𝔢𝔱 𝔤𝔞𝔯𝔡𝔢𝔫, 1993

“Love all God’s creation, both the whole and every grain of sand. Love every leaf, every ray of light. Love the animals, love the plants, love each separate thing. If thou love each thing thou wilt perceive the mystery of God in all; and when once thou perceive this, thou wilt thenceforward grow every day to a fuller understanding of it: until thou come at last to love the whole world with a love that will then be all-embracing and universal.”

“I never call your name, but you are in me like the song in the nightingale’s throat even when it’s not singing.”

The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.