James Freeman Clarke
To educate the heart, one must be willing to go out of himself and to come into loving contact with others.
“Far out of sight, while sorrows still enfold us,
Lies the fair country where our hearts abide:
And of its bliss is naught more wondrous told us,
Than these few words, ‘I shall be satisfied.’”
“Though there come a million,
Wise Saadi dwells alone.”
But it is a question as to whether Saadi is wise when he prefers to dwell alone. Living on earth, is it not one’s duty to hear many voices that ring in its air? Is one’s life for mere acquirement, or to show results and flower into influence and deed?