There are lovers content with longing. I’m not one of them.

Why set your heart on a piece ofearth,seek out the source which shines forever.

The undisciplined man doesn't wrong himself alone- he sets fire to the whole world.

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about.

I honor those who try to rid themselves of any lying, who empty the self and have only clear being there.

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

The body's a mirror of heaven: Its energies make angels jealous. Our purity astounds seraphim. Devils shiver at our nerve.