How can the heart travel to God, when it is chained by its desires?

Whoever builds his faith exclusively on demonstrative proofs and deductive arguments, builds a faith on which it is impossible to rely. For he is affected by the negativities of constant objections. Certainty(al-yaqin) does not derive from the evidences of the mind but pours out from the depths of the heart.

There was a time, when I blamed my companion if his religion did not resemble mine. Now, however, my heart accepts every form....Love alone is my religion.

You are My sight, so have faith. You are My Face, so veil yourself

How can the heart travel to God, when it is chained by its desires?

Oh, Lord, nourish me not with love, but with the desire for love.

The ignorant one does not see his ignorance as he basks in its darkness; nor does the knowledgeable one see his own knowledge, for he basks in its light