Man struggles to find life outside himself, unaware that the life he is seeking is within him.
Is not the beautiful moon, that inspires poets, the same moon which angers the silence of the sea with a terrible roar?
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.
He who seeks ecstasy in love should not complain of suffering.
You may chain my hands, you may shackle my feet; you may even throw me into a dark prison; but you shall not enslave my thinking, because it is free!
Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in the desert.
No man can reveal to you nothing but that which already lies half-asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.
All that spirits desire, spirits attain.
Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.
Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveiled its face, inspiring us with bewilderment and exhilaration.
Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love.
Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.
All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind.
If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul.
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth.
Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms.
What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you?
My brothers, seek counsel of one another, for therein lies the way out of error and futile repentance. The wisdom of the many is your shield against tyranny. For when we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies.