“Without us, Earth will abide and endure; without her, however, we could not even be.”

“A woman who will be like a rock in a riverbed, enduring without complaint, her grace not sullied butby the turbulence that washes over her.”

“Surely she had endured enough for one evening without having to listen to intelligent conversation?”

“Good-night; ensured release,
Imperishable peace,
Have these for yours,
While sea abides, and land,
And earth's foundations stand,
And heaven endures.”

“If she had hurt me, I could have forgiven her without even having to think about it; but I couldn't forgive her for being hurt.”

“At that, I understood for sure I must not lose her, for the earth is not the earth without some light to see it by, and she was mine.”

“Let us work without reasoning," said Martin; "it is the only way to make life endurable.”

“And without a doubt it is more comfortable to endure blind bondage than to work for one's liberation; the dead, too, are better suited to the earth than the living.”

“Indeed, Earth could not be without a Hujja (a proof, a prophet or his vice), either manifest or occult.”

“Woman would be more charming if one could fall into her arms without falling into her hands.”