Passion is present when a man can distinguish between the wine and the container. Two men see a loaf of bread. One hasn't eaten anything for ten days. The other has eaten five times a day, every day. He sees the shape of the loaf. The other man with his urgent need sees inside into the taste, and into the nourishment the bread could give. Be that hungry, to see within all beings the Friend.

Woman is a ray of God. She is not that earthly beloved: she is creative, not created.

The Past, the Future, O dear, is from you; you should regard both these as one.

Love is the soul's light, the taste of morning, no me, no we, no claim of being.

Whatever pearl you seek, look for the pearl within the pearl!

Whoever is sitting with friends is in the midst of a flower garden, though he may be in the fire. Whoever sits with an enemy is in the fire, even though he is in the midst of a garden.

There is a life in you, search that life, search the secret jewel in the mountain of your body.