Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot. Seek the path that demands your whole being.

I was a thorn rushing to be with a rose, vinegar blending with honey… Then I found some dirt to make an ointment that would honor my soul… Love says, “You are right, but don’t claim these changes. Remember, I am wind. You are an ember I ignite.

From cane reeds, sugar. From a worm's cocoon, silk. Be patient if you can, and from sour grapes will come something sweet.

Look at these worlds spinning out of nothingness. That is within your power.

When you see anyone complaining of such and such a person's ill-nature and bad temper, know that the complainant is bad-tempered, forasmuch as he speaks ill of that bad-tempered person, because he alone is good-tempered who is quietly forbearing towards the bad-tempered and ill-natured.

O tongue you are an endless treasure. O tongue, you are also an endless disease.

When the light returns to its source, it takes nothing of what it has illuminated.