Sit, be still, and listen, because you're drunk and we're at the edge of the roof.

I am neither of the East nor of the West, no boundaries exist within my breast.

How will you know the difficulties of being human, if you are always flying off to blue perfection? Where will you plant your grief seeds? Workers need ground to scrape and hoe, not the sky of unspecified desire.

If words come out of the heart, they will enter the heart.

Let Go of Your Worries Let go of your worries and be completely clear-hearted, like the face of a mirror that contains no images. If you want a clear mirror, behold yourself and see the shameless truth, which the mirror reflects. If metal can be polished to a mirror-like finish, what polishing might the mirror of the heart require? Between the mirror and the heart is this single difference: the heart conceals secrets, while the mirror does not.

You soak up my soul and mingle me. Each drop of my blood cries out to the earth. We are partners, blended as one.

Faith in the king comes easily in lovely times, but be faithful now and endure, pale lover.