Land of the rising sun

The moment I first heard love I gave up my soul, my heart, and my eyes.

You know the value of every article of merchandise, but if you don&#39;t know the value of your own soul, it&#39;s all foolishness.

It may be that the satisfaction I need depends on my going away, so that when I&#39;ve gone and come back, I&#39;ll find it at home.

The gifts of lovers to one another are, in respect to love, nothing but forms; yet, they testify to invisible love.

There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground; there are a thousand ways to go home again.

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.

This is the essence of all sciences - that you should know who you will be when the Day of Reckoning arrives.

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.

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.