“Just as camphor is consumed by the flames of fire, so also, mind must be consumed by soul-fire.”

“This night of no moon
There is no way to meet him.
I rise in longing—
My breast pounds, a leaping flame,
My heart is consumed in fire.”

“Just like two pieces of wood can be rubbed together to produce fire and the same fire later consumes them both, intellect and concentration support the contemplative meditation. But when the fire of insight arises, it consumes both intellect and concentration, giving way to pristine awareness.”

“It’s legend now, but legend is the smoke from the fire, and the wood that the fire consumes is the substance.”

“The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.”

“We go about in the night and are consumed by fire.”
In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni

“A fire can't burn forever. Eventually, it consumes itself.”

“The flames of the heart consumed me, and the mind
Is but a foolish wind.”

“It is not light that burns, that purifies, that consumes, that divides, and that recomposes; it is fire. And this fire we are talking about always follows light.”

“Hope is love's happiness, but not its life;—
How many hearts have nourished a vain flame
In silence and in secret, though they knew
They fed the scorching fire that would consume them!”