Whatever the situation may be, in the recollection of death there is reward and merit. For even the man engrossed in the world benefits from it by acquiring an aversion to this world, since it spoils his contentment and the fullness of his pleasure; and everything which spoils for man his pleasures and his appetites is one of the means of deliverance.

He who buries his head deep into a nosebag full of food cannot hope to see the invisible world.

Each of your breaths is a priceless jewel, since each of them is irreplaceable and once gone, can never be retrieved.

He who does not arrive at the Intuition of these Truths by means of Ecstasy knows only the name of Inspiration.

No one who possesses snow would find any hardship in exchanging it for jewels and pearls. This world is like snow exposed to sun, which continues to melt until it disappears altogether, while the next life is like a precious stone that never passes away.

Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.

Whoever determines the truth from people alone will remain lost in the plains of bewilderment. Rather, know the truth, and you will know its people.