Quotes about Disturbance

The soul is like a bowl of water, with the soul's impressions like the rays of light that strike the water. Now, if the water is disturbed, the light appears to be disturbed together with it — though of course it is not.

Without question, I wake every night five times.

When God threw me, a pebble, into this wondrous lake, I disturbed its surface with countless circles. But when I reached the depths, I became very still.

I neglect God and his angles for the noise of a fly, for the rattling of a coach, for the whining of a door.