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5
407-416

  • Is any owner of a trap in the world such a dolt that, like us, he tries to catch himself?
  • Pursuit of the vulgar is like hunting pig: the fatigue is infinite, and ’tis unlawful to eat a morsel thereof.
  • That which is worth pursuing is Love alone; but how should He be contained in any one's trap?
  • (Yet) perchance thou mayst come and be made His prey, thou mayst discard the trap, and go into His trap. 410
  • Love is saying very softly into my ear, “To be a prey is better than to be a hunter.
  • Make thyself My fool and be a dupe: renounce the (high) estate of the sun, become a mote!
  • Become a dweller at My door and be homeless: do not pretend to be a candle, be a moth,
  • That thou mayst see (taste) the savour of Life and contemplate the sovereignty hidden in servitude.”
  • In this world you see the shoes upside down: the title of “kings” is conferred on (those who are really) bondsmen. 415
  • Many a one who deserves to mount the scaffold with a halter on his throat—a crowd (gathers) round him, crying, “Behold, an emperor!”