If it were possible to meet the Beloved while laughing and in a state of comfort, why should one suffer the anguish of separation?

If you don't break your ropes while you're alive, do you think ghosts will do it after?

A learned man's knowledge will be of no avail to him if he doesn't have control over his tongue

Be quiet in your mind, quiet in your senses, and also quiet in your body. Then, when all these are quiet, don't do anything. In that state truth will reveal itself to you.

A diamond was laying in the street covered with dirt. Many fools passed by. Someone who knew diamonds picked it up.

Many have died; you also will die. The drum of death is being beaten. The world has fallen in love with a dream. Only sayings of the wise will remain.

As the bee collecteth honey with great zest, so the fool collecteth wealth.