For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so he is for your pruning. Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches, So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth. All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart. But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure , Then it is better for you to cover yourself and pass out of love's door, Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears.
Love gives nothing but itself and takes nothing but from itself.
And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course. Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. All rights reserved.