All sins are attempts to fill voids.
Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.
A beautiful woman looking at her image in the mirror may very well believe the image is herself. An ugly woman knows it is not.
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached.