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.

Find the sweetness in your own heart, then you may find the sweetness in every heart.

Discard yourself and thereby regain yourself. Spread the trap of humility and ensnare love.

Whoever finds love beneath hurt and grief disappears into emptiness with a thousand new disguises

The heart is the secret inside the secret.

Play the flute of felicity! You, yourself, are the melody.

But listen to me. For one moment quit being sad. Hear blessings dropping their blossoms around you.