I never really cared for the things of this world. It was the glow of Your Presence that filled it with beauty.

There's no one with intelligence in this town except that man over there playing with the children, the one riding the stick horse. He has keen, fiery insight and vast dignity like the night sky, but he conceals it in the madness of child's play.

We alchemists look for talent that can heat up and change. Lukewarm won't do. Halfhearted holding back, well-enough getting by? Not here.

The heart is the secret inside the secret.

Give yourself a kiss. If you want to hold the beautiful one, hold yourself.

Pure souls, didn’t I tell you not to be seduced by this colorful world for I am the Ultimate Painter.

He whose intellect overcomes his lust is higher than the angels; he whose lust overcomes his intelligence is less than an animal.