The breath of the flute player: does it belong to the flute?
The undisciplined man doesn't wrong himself alone- he sets fire to the whole world.
You think the shadow is the substance.
For sixty years I have been forgetful every minute, but not for a second has this flowing toward me stopped or slowed.
How could you reach the pearl by only looking at the sea? If you seek the pearl, be a diver: the diver needs several qualities: he must trust his rope and his life to the Friend's hand, he must stop breathing, and he must jump.
God's purpose for man is to acquire a seeing eye and an understanding heart." "God gave you life and bestowed upon you his attributes; eventually you will return to him." "The rewards of life and devotion to God are love and inner rapture, and the capacity to receive the light of God.