Who of us can live with unquenchable flames? —The one who walks in continual righteousness.

“In returning and resting you will be saved; in quietness and trust will be your strength.”

Wisdom was sealed, not because it was hidden— but because it was unwanted.

I wasted away— and yet still I listened.

The fire that purifies and the fire that consumes are the same flame. The ax awaits where arrogance flourishes.

A coal touched his lips, and a warning touched the world.

When light is rejected, what is chosen—is the darkness.

Every descent into ruin begins with forgetting who we are.