Music touches our innermost being, and in that way produces new life, a life that gives exaltation to the whole being, raising it to that perfection in which lies the fulfillment of man's life.

It is a presumption on the part of man when he demands in words an explanation of God.

If anybody asks what Sufism is, what kind of religion is it, the answer is that Sufism is the religion of the heart, the religion in which the thing of primary importance is to seek God in the heart of mankind.

He who has spent has used; he who has collected has lost; but he who has given has saved his treasure forever.

Joy and sorrow are the light and shade of life; without light and shade no picture is clear.

Death is the tax the soul has to pay for having a name and a form.

The lover's pleasure is in the pleasure of the beloved. The lover is satisfied when the beloved is fed. The lover is vain when the beloved is adorned.