Finding what is most right is an ordeal. Believe me, it is so.

Finding what is most right is an ordeal. Believe me, it is so.

A person with a wakeful heart and a deep understanding never accepts lies. He always seeks the truth. Even if he goes astray and wanders, he returns to the truth.

There are certain laws in life. To discover them and to live one’s life on that basis — that is the aim. These discoveries protect you: in this world from disgrace and humiliation, in the Hereafter from hell.

Even if you lived twice, you could not find those laws, understand them and grasp them to the end; but under a teacher’s guidance you attain them all.

A teacher is one who has taken into himself the trust called knowledge from those who came before him. A teacher, as he stands, is like the cave of the forty thieves. If you say, “Open Sesame! Open your door!”, this cave opens.

What is meant by the spell “Open Sesame!” is this: find the teacher’s key; if you want pearls and gems to rain from his tongue, get him talking, make him glad.

The riches of meaning are given to each according to his demand. If you settle for little — a little. If you are not content with much — even more.

Arrogance and anger, heedlessness and suspicion block you from receiving the pearls of meaning. To understand that what you see may not be as you see it, and that what you hear may not be as you heard it, the eye of your understanding must see.

Young people, if you find a good teacher, do not let go of him. When you are being swept away by a river, would you ever let go of the rope thrown to you?!