“A man may plant a tree for a number of reasons. Perhaps he likes trees. Perhaps he wants shelter. Or perhaps he knows that someday he may need the firewood.”
“After all, man may be fond not only ofwell-being. Perhaps he is just as fond of suffering? Perhaps suffering is just as much in his interest as well-being?”
“Who knows why that man planted those fields? Perhaps he knew we’d need the flowers for a cure. Maybe he just thought they were beautiful, like my mother did. But we do find answers in beauty, more often than not.”
“To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is perhaps the greatest service that one man can do another.”
“Perhaps God waits for us to be empty, so he may fill us with himself.”
“Cabby was saying“someday”… someday Tony would love him. He hoped it mightbe true. Perhaps Cabby knew things that he didn’t”