The True Seeker must, before all else, cleanse his heart.

Say: o brethren! Let deeds, not words, be your adorning.

The country is the world of the soul, the city is the world of bodies.

Religious fanaticism and hatred are a world-devouring fire, whose violence none can quench.

My Calamity is my providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly it is light and mercy.

The true seeker hunts naught but the object of his quest, and the lover has no desire save union with his Beloved.

The True Seeker must, before all else, cleanse his heart.