There cannot be self-restraint in the absence of desire: when there is no adversary, what avails thy courage? Hark, do not castrate thyself, do not become a monk: chastity depends on the existence of lust.
May these vows and this marriage be blessed.
Give your weakness to one who helps.
World power means nothing. Only the unsayable, jeweled inner life matters.
Truth lifts the heart, like water refreshes thirst.
I went inside my heart to see how it was. Something there makes me hear the whole world weeping.