The Life of Selfhood

If the self is alive, even poverty is kingship: The prestige of the penniless is not inferior to that of Sanjar and Tughral.

If the self is alive, the endless ocean is fordable; To a live self the stones of a mountain are soft like silken cloth.

A live crocodile is free when encircled by water, While a lifeless crocodile is enchained even by the wave in a mirage.