We are sun and moon, dear friend; we are sea and land. It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is: each the other's opposite and complement.

It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is: each the other's opposite and complement. Ch. IV

It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.

We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.

. . . even twins are not here to go on each other's journeys.

But then again of course I know perfectly well that He can't be used as a road. If you're approaching Him not as the goal but as a road, not as the end but as a means, you're not really approaching Him at all.

We have a disharmony in our natures. We cannot live together without injuring each other.

love one another, but make not a bond of love:
let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.
give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf
sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,
even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.

Because we are separated everything separates us, even our efforts to join each other.

Love one another, but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

The love in us can unite with the love in others, but two bodies can never become one.

Those whose courses are different cannot lay plans for one another.

We are not meant to be just like anyone else.