Listen! Clam up your mouth and be silent like an oyster shell, for that tongue of yours is the enemy of the soul, my friend. When the lips are silent, the heart has a hundred tongues.
Those beautiful words we said to one another are hidden in the secret heart of heaven. One day, like the rain, they will pour our love story all over the world.
Be silent now. Say fewer and fewer praise poems. Let yourself become living poetry.
You came suddenly and stole three things from me. The patience from my heart, the colour from my face and the sleep from my eyes.
Once you have met a true human being, let him not disappear from the horizon of your heart.
If words come from the heart, they will enter the heart. If they come from the tongue, they will not pass beyond the ears.
If you are here unfaithfully with us, you’re causing terrible damage.
Nothing happens by chance no one goes on a quest without a reason without the pull of the magnet there is no action.
What is agony of the spirit? To advance toward death without seizing hold of the Water of Life.
I love this world, even as I hear the great wind of leaving it rising, for there is a grainy taste I prefer to every idea of heaven: human friendship.
As long as you are crawling like a snake on this earth do not hope to swim like fish in the sea of Spirit.
No matter how fast you run, your shadow more than keeps up. Sometimes, it’s in front!
From a distance you only see my light; as I get closer and you see that I am you.
The beauty you see me is reflection of you...
The body is a device to calculate the astronomy of the spirit.
Your Soul and Mine. Use to be mingled. Breathing as One. Journeying as One.
Many of the faults you see in others, dear reader, are your own nature reflected in them. As the Prophet said, “The faithful are mirrors to one another.” MATHNAWI I, 1319, 1328.
You have the habit of walking slowly holding grudges and resentments. Ill-tempered and greedy, small-minded, and with so many attachments how do you expect to attain union? Leave this muddy water and seek clarity. Being so weak, you need all the help and the grace of God to overcome the waves and reach the shore to safety. Take shelter with those who need no shelter. Only on the horse of love can you go beyond the sun and moon to behold the Perfect One.
I must keep silent. Silent. And let Love describe itself.
If light is in your heart, you will find your way home. Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames. Dance until you shatter yourself.