If any of you would bring judgment the unfaithful wife, let him also weight the heart of her husband in scales, and measure his soul with measurements.
A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible.
A minute moving among the patterns of beauty and the dreams of love is greater and more precious than an age filled with splendor granted by the weak to the strong.
One may not reach the dawn save by path of night.
I want every image to be the beginning of an unseen image.
Which of you would be silent – when all else sings together in unison?
What the soul knows is often unknown to the man who has a soul. We are infinitely more than we think.
Death changes nothing but the mask that covers our faces.
The “I” in me, my friend, dwells in the house of silence, and therein it shall remain for ever more, unperceived, unapproachable.
Oh, Lord God, have mercy on me and mend my broken wings.
And alone and without his nest shall the Eagle fly across the sun.
Should you really open your eyes and see, you would behold your image in all images. And should you open your ears and listen, you would hear your own voice in all voices.
Madness is the first step towards unselfishness. Be mad and tell us what is behind the veil of “sanity”. The purpose of life is to bring us closer to those secrets, and madness is the only means.
The strong grows in solitude where the weak withers away.
Friendship with the ignorant is as foolish as arguing with a drunkard.
You may give them your love, but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts.
Tortoises can tell you more about the road than hares.
I use hate as a weapon to defend myself; had I been strong, I would never have needed that kind of weapon.
He who does not see the kingdom of heaven in this life will never see it in the coming life.
Cover me with soft earth, and let each handful be mixed With seeds ofjasmine, lilies, and myrtle; and when they Grow above me and thrive on my body’s element they will Breathe the fragrance of my heart into space.