“A thing’s innate disposition does not lie.”

The truth cannot be deceptive, and one who sees it cannot be deceived.

Do what you do only for God’s sake, start for God’s sake, work for God’s sake, and act within the sphere of God’s good approval.

Life is a manifestation of unity.

The heart does not derive pure pleasure from what is impermanent.

I am not free and independent; I am a traveler with duties.

If you want an enemy, the soul (nafs) is sufficient. If you want advice, death is sufficient.

The mirror to the beautiful is beautiful.

Worry is itself an illness, since worry is an accusation against Divine Wisdom, a criticism of Divine Mercy.

People do not expect to find chastity in a whorehouse. Why, then, do they expect to find honesty and humanity in government, a congeries of institutions whose modus operandi consists of lying, cheating, stealing, and if need be, murdering those who resist?

The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Ah, when shall all men’s good Be each man’s rule, and universal peace Lie like a shaft of light across the land, And like a lane of beams athwart the sea, Thro’ all the circle of the golden year?

An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.

A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes.

He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.