We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.

The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.

And truly, O man, if you concentrate hard on the state you are in it will be surprising if you have time for anything else.

Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe.

There is no greater misery than false joys.

Wherever...thou shalt be, pray secretly within thyself. If thou shalt be far from a house of prayer, give not thyself trouble to seek for one, for thou thyself art a sanctuary designed for prayer. If thou shalt be in bed, or in any other place, pray there; thy temple is there.

Many of those who are humiliated are not humble. Some react to humiliation with anger, others with patience, and others with freedom. The first are culpable, the next harmless, the last just.