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.

God (in His mercy) accepts false coin.

Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death.

There is a city in which you find everything you desire-handsome people, pleasures, ornaments of every kind-all that the natural person craves. However, you cannot find a single wise person there.

Everything you see has its roots in the unseen world. The forms may change, yet the essence remains the same.

I am so close, I may look distant.

Your eyelashes will write on my heart the poem that could never come from the pen of a poet.