“For what is evil but good tortured by its own hunger and thirst?”

“Of the good in you I can speak, but not of the evil.For what is evil but good tortured by its own hunger and thirst?Verily when good is hungry it seeks food even in dark caves, and when it thirsts it drinks even of dead waters.”

“O love, whose lordly hand Has bridled my desires, And raised my hunger and my thirst To dignity and pride, Let not the strong in me and the constant Eat the bread or drink the wine That tempt my weaker self. Let me rather starve, And let my heart parch with thirst, And let me die and perish, Ere I stretch my hand To a cup you did not fill, Or a bowl you did not bless.”

“Is not dread of thirst when your well is full, the thirst that is unquenchable?”

“Would that you could live on the fragrance of the earth, and like an air plant be sustained by light.Bu since you must kill to eat, and rob the newly born of its mother's milk to quench your thirst, let it then be an act of worship.”

“For if you bake bread with indifference, you bake a bitter bread that feeds but half man's hunger.”

“Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.”