Treasures and armies do not make a king. A true king is a king within himself.

Be with those who help your being. Don't sit with indifferent people, whose breath comes cold out of their mouths.

You must lance an ulcer to heal it. You must tear down parts of an old building to restore it, and so it is with a sensual life that has no spirit in it.

Body of earth, don't talk of earth Tell the story of pure mirrors The Creator has given you this splendor-- Why talk of anything else?

I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God.

Body is not veiled from soul, neither soul from body, Yet no man hath ever seen a soul.

My place is the Placeless, my trace is the Traceless ; 'Tis neither body nor soul, for I belong to the soul of the Beloved. I have put duality away, I have seen that the two worlds are one; One I seek, One I know, One I see, One I call.