On the path of Love we are neither masters nor the owners of our lives. We are only a brush in the hand of the Master Painter.
Say Bismillah, In the name of God, as the shaykh does with a knife when he offers an animal. Bismillah your old self to find your real name. – Jalaluddin al.
Seek the sound that never ceases. Seek the sun that never sets.
Your thoughts are a veil on the face of the Moon. That Moon is your heart, and those thoughts cover your heart. So let them go, just let them fall into the water.
People who repress desires often turn, suddenly, into hypocrites.
Let us carve gems out of our stony hearts and let them light our path to love.
Two there are who are never satisfied – the lover of the world and the lover of knowledge.
When we practice loving kindness and compassion we are the first ones to profit.
This world’s existence is one night long. There’s a great lively gathering that night, but some people sleep through it.
You have Within you more love than you could ever understand.
On this path let the heart be your guide.
Sing to me in the silence of your heart and I will rise up to hear your triumphant song.
If you wish for light, Be ready to receive light.
Don’t knock on any random door like a beggar. Reach your long hand out to another door, beyond where you go on the street, the street where everyone says, “How are you?” and no one says How aren’t you?
Everyone is so afraid of death, but the real sufis just laugh: nothing tyrannizes their hearts. What strikes the oyster shell does not damage the pearl.
Remember God so much that you are forgotten. Let the caller and the called disappear; be lost in the Call.
Friend, our closeness is this: anywhere you put your foot, feel me in the firmness under you.
At night, I open the window and ask the moon to come and press its face against mine. Breathe into me. Close the language-door and open the love-window. The moon won’t use the door, only the window.
Darkness may hide the trees and the flowers from the eyes but it cannot hide love from the soul.
Gamble everything for love, if you’re a true human being.