Those who give you a serpent when you ask for a fish, may have nothing but serpents to give.

Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost.

Should you really open your eyes and see, you would behold your image in all images. And should you open your ears and listen, you would hear your own voice in all voices.

I want every image to be the beginning of an unseen image.

It was but yesterday I thought myself a fragment quivering without rhythm in the sphere of life. Now I know that I am the sphere, and all life in rhythmic fragments moves within me.

The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the heart of God.

Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.