He who understands you is greater kin to you than your own brother. For even your own kindred neither understand you nor know your true worth.
Extreme torture is mute, and so we sat silent, petrified, like columns of marble buried under the sand of an earthquake. Neither wished to listen to the other because our heart-threads had become weak and even breathing would have broken them.
For the vision of one man lends not its wings to another man.
Those who give you a serpent when you ask for a fish, may have nothing but serpents to give.
Many are the places of worship, but few indeed are those who worship in Spirit and in truth.
Love prides itself not only in the one who loves, but also in the beloved.
The shepherd will deny the diseased lamb in fear of the flock.
Rob a neighbour with a smile.
He who does not prefer exile to slavery is not free by any measure of freedom, truth and duty.
God has made many doors opening into truth which He opens to all who knock upon them with hands of faith.
I deserted the world and sought solitude because I became tired of rendering courtesy to those multitudes who believe that humility is a sort of weakness, and mercy a kind of cowardice, and snobbery a form of strength.
He who does not seek advice is a fool. His folly blinds him to Truth and makes him evil, stubborn, and a danger to his fellow man.
If your knowledge teaches you not the value of things, and frees you not from the bondage to matter, you shall never come near the throne of Truth.
When we oppose the hidden conscience, it does us hurt. When we betray it, it judges us.
What of the old serpent who cannot shed his skin, and calls all others naked and shameless?
Have you not heard of the man who was digging in the earth for roots and found a treasure?
You, the strong, have I loved, though the marks of your iron hoofs are yet upon my flesh.
Limited love asks for possession of the beloved, but the unlimited asks only for itself.
Love is the gentle smile upon the lips of beauty.
All can hear, but only the sensitive can understand...