朝阳之地

If you find the mirror of the heart dull, the rust has not been cleared from its face.

Beg of God the removal of envy, that God may deliver you from externals, and bestow upon you an inward occupation, which will absorb you so that your attention is not drawn away.

Sunlight fell upon the wall; the wall received a borrowed splendor. Why set your heart on a piece of earth, O simple one? Seek out the source which shines forever.

Listen! Clam up your mouth and be silent like an oyster shell, for that tongue of yours is the enemy of the soul, my friend. When the lips are silent, the heart has a hundred tongues.

Why should I be unhappy? Every parcel of my being is in full bloom.

Oh Cup-bearer, set my glass afire with the light of wine!

The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.

A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop make the inundation.

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.