A woman whom Providence has provided with beauty of spirit and body is a truth, at the same time both open and secret, which we can understand only by love, and touch only by virtue.

joy and sorrow are inseparable. . . together they come and when one sits alone with you . . remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.

Seven times have I despised my soul: The sixth time when she despised the ugliness of a face, and knew not that it was one of her own masks.

Seek not the depths of your knowledge with staff or sounding line. For self is a sea boundless and measureless.

Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent.

And only the sure of foot can give a hand to him who stumbles.

If your knowledge teaches you not the value of things, and frees you not from the bondage to matter, you shall never come near the throne of Truth.