On the way there is no harder pass than this: fortunate is he who does not carry envy as a companion.
You may learn to imitate a birdcall, but do you experience what the nightingale feels for the rose?
Feeling lonely and ignoble indicates that you haven't been patient.
Tis easy to break an idol, very easy: to regard the self as easy to subdue is folly, folly.
Seek the sound that never ceases. Seek the sun that never sets.
Speak little, learn the words of eternity. Go beyond your tangled thoughts and find the splendor of paradise.