Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realise there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
Those who see all creatures within themselves, and themselves in all creatures know no fear. Those who see all creatures in themselves, and themselves in all creatures know no grief. How can the multiplicity of life, delude the one who sees its unity?
The soul that is attached to anything, however much good there may be in it, will not arrive at the liberty of Divine union. For whether it be a strong wire rope or a slender and delicate thread that holds the bird, it matters not, if it really holds it fast; for until the cord be broken, the bird cannot fly.
From craving is born grief, from craving is born fear. For one freed from craving there’s no grief – so how fear?
Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.
