What the sayer of praise is really praising is himself, by saying implicitly, My eyes are clear." Likewise, someone who criticizes is criticizing himself, saying implicitly, "I can't see very well with my eyes so inflamed.

Do not leave me, hide in my heart like a secret, wind around my head like a turban. "I come and go as I please," you say, "swift as a heartbeat." You can tease me as much as you like but never leave me.

When you are dead, seek for your resting place not in the earth, but in the hearts of men.

I died as a mineral and became a plant, I died as a plant and rose to animal, I died as an animal and I was Man. Why should I fear? When was I less by dying?

Whenever Beauty looks, Love is also there.

When lovers of life get ready to dance, the earth shakes and the sky trembles.

When water is still like a mirror it can behold the Moon.