Botha swimmer and a drowned man are in the water; the latter is borne by the water and controlled by it, while the swimmer is borne along by his own power and of his own volition. Every movement made by the drowned man - indeed, every act and word that issue from him - comes from the water, not from him... The saints are like this. They have died before death.

I will be waiting here.... For your silence to break, For your soul to shake, For your love to wake!

Be empty of worrying. Think of who created thought! Why do you stay in prison When the door is so wide open?

Nightingales are put in cages because their songs give pleasure. Whoever heard of keeping a crow?

One of the marvels of the world: The sight of a soul sitting in prison with the key in its hand.

If you follow the ways in which you were trained, which you may have inherited, for no other reason than this, you are illogical.

Whatever purifies you is the right path, I will not try to define it.