That I exist is a pertetual surprise which is life.
God says to man ,“I heal you,therefore I hurt;love you,therefore I punish.”
Men are cruel, but Man is kind.
Ask the Possible of the Impossible,“Where is your dwelling-place?”“In the dreams of the impotent.”comes the answer.
There are tracts in my life that are bare and silent. They are the open spaces where my busy days had their light and air.
Let him only see the thorns who has eyes to see the rose.
I shall die again and again to know that life is inexhaustible.
When I stand before thee at the day's end thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing.
Blessed is he whose fame does not outshine his truth.
The world loved man when he smiled. The world became afraid of him when he laughed.
God waits for man to regain his childhood in wisdom.
God kisses the finite in his love and man the infinite.
Thou crossest desert lands of barren years to reach the moment of fulfillment.
We shall know some day that death can never rob us of that which our soul has gained, for her gains are one with herself.
Let me live truly, my Lord, so that death to me becomes true.
Release me from my unfulfilled past clinging to me from behind making death difficult.
I have suffered and despaired and known death and I am glad that I am in this great world.