"O you who have sound intellects, look closely at the doctrine that is hidden beneath the veil of the strange verses!"

"The love of God, unutterable and perfect, flows into a pure soul the way light rushes into a transparent object."

"The punishment of the sinner is to become sin itself."

"The more divine the thing, the more it is hated by the wicked."

"My guide and I entered that hidden road to return to the bright world; and without thought of any rest, we climbed up, he first and I second, to the point where I saw, through a round opening, some of…"