If you are a man of learning, read something classic, a history of the human struggle and don't settle for mediocre verse.

In the middle of my heart, a star appeared, and the seven heavens were lost in its brilliance.

You think you are alive because you breathe air? Shame on you, that you are alive in such a limited way. Don't be without Love, so you won't feel dead. Die in Love and stay alive forever.

Counterfeiters exist because there is such a thing as real gold.

Submit to a daily practice. Your loyalty to that is a ring at the door. Keep knocking, and the joy inside will eventually open a window and look out to see who's there.

Speak little, learn the words of eternity. Go beyond your tangled thoughts and find the splendor of paradise.

You had better run from me. My words are fire.