And how shall you punish those whose remorse is already greater than their misdeeds?

When love beckons to you, follow him,Though his ways are hard and steep.And When his wings enfold you yield to him,Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.And When he speaks to you...

Wenn [der Lehrer] wirklich weise ist, fordert er euch nicht auf, ins Haus seiner Weisheit einzutreten, sondern führt euch an die Schwelle eures eigenen Geistes.

The appearance of things changes according to the emotions; and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.

Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.

I have come to learn about things that intrigue people through their strangeness. But barley did I find myself in you presence than I understood that life is none other than the different manifestations of...

Life is an island in an ocean of solitude and seclusion.Life is an island, rocks are its desires, trees its dreams, and flowers its loneliness, and it is in the middle of an ocean of...

There must be something strangely sacred in salt. It is in our tears and in the sea.

Do not fear the thorns in your path, for they draw only corrupt blood.

When you part from your friend, you grieve not;For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, asthe mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.

Tolerance is love sick with the sickness of haughtiness.

Yea, we are twin brothers, O, Night; for thou revealest space and I reveal my soul.

Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the other half may reach you.

[Wer fällt] fällt für die vor ihm, die obgleich schneller und sicherer im Schritt, den Stein des Anstoßes nicht entfernten.

Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

Der Lehrer […] gibt nicht von seiner Weisheit, sondern eher von seinem Glauben und seiner Liebe.

But you who walk facing the sun, what images drawn on the earth can hold you? You who travel with the wind, what weathervane shall direct your course? What man’s law shall bind you if...

Men who do not forgive women their little faults will never enjoy their great virtues.

When you see a man led to prison say in your heart, “Mayhap he is escaping from a narrower prison.” And when you see a man drunken say in your heart, “Mayhap he sought escape...

You are good when you walk to your goal firmly and with bold steps.Yet you are not evil when you go thither limping.For those who limp go not backwards.But you who are strong and swift,...

He who seeks ecstasy in love should not complain of suffering.

Je tiefer sich das Leid in euer Sein eingräbt, desto mehr Freude könnt ihr fassen.

Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful.

Solitude has soft, silky hands, but with strong fingers it grasps the heart and makes it ache with sorrow.

Some believe that art is the imitation of nature; in fact, nature is so sublime that it cannot be imitated. However noble it may be, art cannot perform a single one of the miracles of...

Then said a teacher , speak to us of teaching . And he said :The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple among his followers gives not of his wisdom but rather of...

There is a space between man’s imagination and man’s attainment that may only be traversed by his longing.

Work is love made visible. And if you can’t work with love, but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take...

You have been told that, even like a chain, you are as weak as your weakest link.This is but half the truth.You are also as strong as your strongest link.To measure you by your smallest...

When you were a wandering desire in the mist, I too was there, a wandering desire. Then we sought one another, and out of our eagerness dreams were born. And dreams were time limitless, and...

Words are timeless. You should utter them or write them with a knowledge of their timelessness.

You may forget the one with whom you have laughed, but never the one with whom you have wept.

We are all like the bright moon, we still have our darker side.

When love beckons to you follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And when...

Pity the nation that is full of beliefs and empty of religion. Pity the nation that wears a cloth it does not weave and eats a bread it does not harvest. Pity the nation that...

Niemand kann euch etwas eröffnen, das nicht schon im Dämmern eures Wissens schlummert.

Vergnügen ist ein Lied der Freiheit, – Aber es ist keine Freiheit.

When you work you fulfill a part of earth’s furthest dream, assigned to you when that dream was born,And what is it to work with love?It is to weave the cloth with threads drawn from...

Einige Junge unter euch suchen das Vergnügen, als sei es alles, und sie werden getadelt und verurteilt. – Ich würde sie weder tadeln noch verurteilen. Ich würde sie suchen lassen.

And one of the elders of the city , said , speak to us of good and evil.And he answered :You are good in countless ways , and you are not evil when you are...

When you love you should not think you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.

In the stillest hour of the night, as I lay half asleep, my seven selves sat together and thus conversed in whispers:First Self: Here, in this madman, I have dwelt all these years, with naught...

True beauty is a rayThat springs from the sacred depths of the soul,and illuminates the body, just as lifesprings from the kernel of a stone andgives colour and scent to a flower.

When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your...

Is life like this? Is it a past that goes by, then crumbles away, and a present that runs in the wake of the past, and a future that can only be grasped if one...

You would measure time the measureless and the immeasurable.You would adjust your conduct and even direct the course of your spirit according to hours and seasons.Of time you would make a stream upon whose bank...

Let your home be you mast and not your anchor.

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself… You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,...

We wanderers, ever seeking the lonelier way, begin no day where we have ended another day; and no sunrise finds us where sunset left us. Even while the earth sleeps we travel. We are the...