If your knowledge of fire has been turned to certainty by words alone, then seek to be cooked by the fire itself. Don’t abide in borrowed certainty. There is no real certainty until you burn; if you wish for this, sit down in the fire.
Little by little, wean yourself. This is the gist of what I have to say. From an embryo whose nourishment comes in the blood, move to an infant drinking milk, to a child on solid food, to a searcher after wisdom, to a hunter of invisible game.
Loosen the bonds of avarice from your hands and neck.
There is a life in you, search that life, search the secret jewel in the mountain of your body.
Jesus was lost in his love for God.
Then outwardly you are the small universe! Then inwardly you are the great universe.
Awake asleep ought to be with us – So he may see dreams in wakefulness.
There is some kiss we want with the whole of our lives.
Ecstatic Love is an ocean, and the Milky Way is a flake of foam floating on it.
We are tasting the taste of eternity this minute.
Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of his hear.
The Beloved is with you in the midst of your seeking! He holds your hand wherever you wander.
I never really cared for the things of this world. It was the glow of Your Presence that filled it with beauty.
My boat strikes something deep. At first sounds of silence, waves. Nothing has happened; Or perhaps everything has happened. and I am sitting in my new life.
Whoever is sitting with friends is in the midst of a flower garden, though he may be in the fire. Whoever sits with an enemy is in the fire, even though he is in the midst of a garden.
All creatures, day and night, make manifestation of Allah. Some of them know what they are doing and are aware of their manifesting, while others are unaware. However it may be, Allah’s manifestation is confirmed.
Weep like the waterwheel, that green herbs may spring up from the courtyard of your soul. If you wish for tears, have mercy on one who sheds tears; if you wish mercy, show mercy to the weak.
For those who realize that everything is from God, everything is the same.
This world is full of remedies. But you have no remedy until God opens a window for you. You may not be aware of that remedy just now. In the hour of need it will be made clear to you. The Prophet said God made a remedy for every pain.
Those loves which are for the sake of a colour are not love. In the end they are a disgrace.