Pasha

“When the Stranger says: “What is the meaning of this city ?
Do you huddle close together because you love each other?”
What will you answer? “We all dwell together
To make money from each other”? or “This is a community”?
Oh my soul, be prepared for the coming of the Stranger.
Be prepared for him who knows how to ask questions.”
― T.S. Eliot, The Rock

“what is LOVE ?”
― Kisshomaru Ueshiba, A Life in Aikido: The Biography of Founder Morihei Ueshiba

“Come, let's get drunk, even if it is our ruin:
For sometimes under ruins one finds treasure.”
― Hāfez, Hafiz of Shiraz: Thirty Poems: An Introduction to the Sufi Master

“A person acquainted with the true principles of this science, who preserves his Dharma (virtue or religious merit), his Artha (worldly wealth) and his Kama (pleasure or sensual gratification), and who has regard to the customs of the people, is sure to obtain the mastery over his senses. In short, an intelligent and knowing person attending to Dharma and Artha and also to Kama, without becoming the slave of his passions, will obtain success in everything that he may do.”
― M. Vatsyayana, Kama Sutra