“And is not the lute that soothes your spirit the very wood that was hollowed with knives?”

“Is not the lute that soothes your spirit the very wood that was hollowed with knives.”

“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?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 heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.”

“Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.”

“I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.”

“If you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life.”

“You have walked among us a spirit, and your shadow has been a light upon our faces.”