Every leaf that grows will tell you: what you sow will bear fruit, so if you have any sense my friend, don't plant anything but Love.

What the sayer of praise is really praising is himself, by saying implicitly, My eyes are clear." Likewise, someone who criticizes is criticizing himself, saying implicitly, "I can't see very well with my eyes so inflamed.

And patience flees my heart, And reason flees my mind. Oh, how drunk can I get to be, Without your love's security?

In your light I learn how to love.

This is a subtle truth. Whatever you love, you are.

Oh Beloved, take me. Liberate my soul. Fill me with your love and release me from the two worlds. If I set my heart on anything but you let fire burn me from inside. Oh Beloved, take away what I want. Take away what I do. Take away what I need. Take away everything that takes me from you.

Every rose that is sweet-scented within, That rose is telling of the secrets of the Universal.