Do not be surprised,' she said. 'It is I, and it is not I; You shall find me again, and you shall lose me; Once more shall I come among you; for few men have seen me, and none has understood me; And you shall forget me, and you shall recognize me, and you shall forget me.

Say not: I live today, I shall die tomorrow. Divide not reality between life and death. Say: now I live and die.

Look: each moment is a cradle and a casket: may all life and all death seem strange to you.

Look: each moment is a cradle and a casket: may all life and all death seem strange and new to you.