When someone critises or disagrees with you, a small ant of hatred and antagonism is born in your heart. If you do not squash that ant at once, it might grow into a snake, or even a dragon.
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
If the Beautiful One is not inside you, then what is that Light hidden under your cloak?
Why should I be weary when every cell of my body is bursting with life?
But learn this custom from the flower: silence your tongue.
Don't run away from grief, o’ soul/ Look for the remedy inside the pain/ because the rose came from the thorn/ and the ruby came from a stone.