Rodney Williams

Lord save us all from a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms.

That’s what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he’s wise.

Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.

Wake up, lift your head, open your eyes, and dream. Gaze softly into your heart’s whispers. Notice the pull of your belly and that which makes you come alive. Let your soul speak, beckoning you to embark on that one voyage you can no longer let lie.

What is peculiar in the life of a man consists not in his obedience, but his opposition, to his instincts. In one direction or another he strives to live a supernatural life.

Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous.

I’m like a starving man who has been given food. Maybe he’s cold, and his clothes are torn, and he’s ashamed, but he’s not unhappy.

The man who forgives is far stronger than the man who fights.

Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.

He who has never hoped can never despair.

Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration, knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your core of inner silence. The great Sufi poet Rumi wrote, Only let the moving waters calm down, and the sun and moon will be reflected on the surface of your being.

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.

I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.

And when a woman’s will is as strong as the man’s who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment.

I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me. All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.