No sickness worse than imagining thyself to be perfect can afflict thy soul.

He is like a man using a candle to look for the sun

If something makes you happy in this world, you should think of what will happen to you if that thing were taken away.

This phantom world gave you false signs But you turned from the illusion and journeyed to the land of truth.

That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful.

I cannot sleep in your presence In your absence, tears prevent me you watch me my beloved on each sleepiness night and Only you see the difference

Botha swimmer and a drowned man are in the water; the latter is borne by the water and controlled by it, while the swimmer is borne along by his own power and of his own volition. Every movement made by the drowned man - indeed, every act and word that issue from him - comes from the water, not from him... The saints are like this. They have died before death.