Thy soul is by vile fear assailed, which oft so overcasts a man, that he recoils from noblest resolution, like a beast at some false semblance in the twilight gloom.
So many times a man's thoughts will waver, That it turns him back from honored paths, As false sight turns a beast, when he is afraid.
One ought to be afraid of nothing other then things possessed of power to do us harm, but things innoucuous need not be feared.
I found myself within a forest dark, for the straightfoward pathway had been lost. Ah me! How hard a thing is to say, what was this forest savage, rough, and stern, which in the very thought renews th...
I am the way into the city of woe,I am the way into eternal pain,I am the way to go among the lost.Justice caused my high architect to move,Divine omnipotence created me,The highest wisdom, and the pr...
And all the while one spirit uttered this,The other one did weep so, that, for pity,I swooned away as if I had been dying,And fell, even as a dead body falls.
أسوأ مكان في الجحيم هو مخصصٌ لهولاء الذين يبقون على حيادهم في زمن المعارك الأخلاقية الكبرى
How short a time the fire of love endures in womanif frequent sight and touch do not rekindle it.
All things created have an order in themselves, and this begets the form that lets the universe resemble God.
You've built yourselves a god from silver and gold.How does that differ from idol worship, exceptThose people worship one god and you a hundred?
There is no greater sorrow than to recall our time of joy in wretchedness.
Soon you will be where your own eyes will see the source and cause and give you their own answer to the mystery.
Soft as the early morning breeze of May,which heralds dawn, rich with the grass and flowers,spreading in waves their breathing fragrances,I felt a breeze strike soft upon my brow:I felt a wing caress...
Segui il tuo corso et lascia dir les genti(Follow your road and let the people say)
Salvation must grow out of understanding, total understanding can follow only from total experience, and experience must be won by the laborious discipline of shaping one’s absolute attention.
One should only be afraid of those things Which have the power of doing others harm; For the rest, fear not; because they are not fearful.
O grace abounding and allowing me to dareto fix my gaze on the Eternal Light,so deep my vision was consumed in it!I saw how it contains within its depthsall things bound in a single book by loveof whi...
Now you know how much my love for youburns deep in mewhen I forget about our emptiness,and deal with shadows as with solid things.
Midway along the journey of our lifeI woke to find myself in a dark wood,for I had wandered off from the straight path.
If i thought i was replying to someone who would every return to the world, this flame would cease it's flickering. But since no one has returned from these depths alive, if what I've heard is true, I...