Oh you, straying heart, just come! Oh you, aching liver, just come! If the path to the gate is closed, Take the way by the wall, but come!

Let a thousand wrangling desires become one Love.

In each moment the fire rages, it will burn away a hundred veils. And carry you a thousand steps toward your goal.

Discipline enabled Heaven to be filled with light; discipline enabled the angels to be immaculate and holy.

The body is not hidden from the soul, nor is the soul hidden from the body, and yet the soul is not for everyone to see.

Know the true definition of yourself. That is essential. Then, when you know your own definition, flee from it.

A SEEING eye is better than three hundred blind men's: The eye can distinguish pearls from pebbles.