Nothing is eternal but that which is done for God and others. That which is done for self dies.

God strikes not as an enemy, to destroy but as a father, to correct.

The most generous and merciful in judgment upon the faults of others are always the most free from faults themselves.

God brings men [and women] into deep waters, not to drown them, but to cleanse [teach and improve] them. [It is fair and appropriate to get excited about what those lessons and improvements to you will mean for the future happiness of you and those you care about.]

Sensual pleasures are like soap bubbles, sparkling, effervescent. The pleasures of intellect are calm, beautiful, sublime, ever enduring and climbing upward to the borders of the unseen world.