I turn all thorn then, but you come back again and make my thorniness fragrant and pink and petaled.

Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.

Soul receives from soul that knowledge, therefore not by book nor from tongue. If knowledge of mysteries come after emptiness of mind, that is illumination of heart.

Judge the moth by the beauty of the candle

The eye goes blind when it only wants to see why.

The angel is free because of his knowledge, the beast because of his ignorance. Between the two remains the son of man to struggle.

Don't dismiss the heart, even if it's filled with sorrow. God's treasures are buried in broken hearts.