Moth: I gave you my life. Flame: I allowed you to kiss me.

To bring the sublime into the mundane is the greatest challenge there is.

There should be balance in all our actions; to be either extreme or lukewarm is equally bad.

A master sees the bad in the good, and the good in the bad.

It is not solid wood that can become a flute, but the empty reed.

There are two ways in which we may attain control over our activity. The first is confidence in the power of our own will; to know that if we have failed today, tomorrow we will not do so. The second is to have our eyes wide open, and to watch keenly our activity in all aspects of life. It is in the dark that we fall, but in the light we can see where we are going.

I had composed songs, I sang, and played the vina. Practising this music I arrived at a stage where I touched the music of the spheres. Then every soul became a musical note, and all life became music. Inspired by it I spoke to the people, and those who were attracted by my words listened to them instead of listening to my songs.