“Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open?”

“The cure for pain is in the pain.”

“Come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn’t matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come, yet again, come, come.”

“Suffering is a gift. In it is hidden mercy.”

“If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”

“In each moment the fire rages, it burns away a hundred veils and carries you a thousand steps toward your goal.”

“Forget safety. Live where you fear to live.”

“Achieve some perfection yourself so you don't fall into sorrow when you see perfection in others.”

“If light is in your heart, you will find your way home.”

“What hurts you, blesses you. Darkness is your candle.”

“Very little grows on jagged rock. Be ground, be crumbled, so wildflowers will come up where you are.”

“Dance until you shatter yourself.”

“Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot. Seek the path that demands your whole being.”

“These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them.”

“The lion is most handsome when looking for food.”

“You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.”

“And so it is that both the devil and the angelic spirits present us with objects of desire to awaken our power of choice.”

“Start a huge, foolish project, like Noah. It makes absolutely no difference what people think of you.”

“Ignore those who make you fearful and sad, those who degrade you back toward disease and death.”

“You were born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life?”

“Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes around in another form.”

“There is a life force within your soul—seek that life. There is a gem in the mountain of your body—mine it. O traveler, if you are in search of it, don't look outside; look inside yourself and seek it.”

“Yesterday, I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today, I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

“Anyone who genuinely and consistently — with both hands — looks for something will find it.”

“What is planted in each person's soul will sprout.”

“Be full of sorrow so that you may become a hill of joy; weep so that you may break into laughter.”

“All your anxiety is because of your desire for harmony. Seek disharmony, then you will gain peace.”

“If the light is in your heart, you will find your way home.”

“When the world pushes you to your knees, you're in the perfect position to pray.”

“Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames.”

“You are not meant for crawling, so don't. You have wings — learn to use them and fly.”

“Patience is the key to joy.”

“I know you're tired, but come, this is the way.”

“As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.”

“The prophets accept all agony and trust it. For the water has never feared the fire.”

“Whether one moves slowly or with speed, the one who seeks will find.”

“It's your road, and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.”

“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.”

“The wound is the place where the light enters you.”

“When setting out on a journey, do not seek advice from those who have never left home.”