The river has taught me to listen; you will learn from it, too. The river knows everything; one can learn everything from it. You have already learned from the river that it is good to strive downwards, to sink, to seek the depths.

I wanted only to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult?

Love can be begged, bought, or received as a gift, one can find it in the street, but one cannot steal it.

The only reality is the one we have inside us. What makes most people’s lives so artificial and unworthy is that they falsely regard outside images as reality and they never allow their own inner world to speak.

What you call passion is not spiritual force, but friction between the soul and the outside world.

Did all this make sense?

Every experience has its element of magic.