“Whenever a new situation presented itself, you had to remain cool and distant”

“Whenever he could he sort out a new road to travel”

“Whenever he could, he sought out a new road to travel”

“I've crossed these sands many times," said one of the camel drivers one night. "But the desert is so huge, and the horizons so distant, that they make a person feel small, and as if he should remain silent."The boy understood intuitively what he meant, even without ever having set foot in the desert before. Whenever he saw the sea, or a fire, he fell silent, impressed by their elemental force.”

“The music could even penetrate his remote world, more distant than the moon itself; it could even perform miracles.”

“The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better. Forget about the future, and live each day according to the teachings, confident that God loves his children. Each day, in itself, brings with it an eternity.”

“Time that never ends, that never passes, that remains in the present, where all of life's secrets lie.”