Forget every touch or sound that did not teach you how to dance

To a frog that's never left his pond, the ocean seems like a gamble. Look what he's giving up: security, mastery of his world, recognition! The ocean frog just shakes his head. "I can't explain where I live, but someday I'll take you there."

Your worst enemy is hiding within yourself, and that enemy is your nafs or false ego.

And if you are a rose, I am rose-shadow.

The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore.

Beg of God the removal of envy, that God may deliver you from externals, and bestow upon you an inward occupation, which will absorb you so that your attention is not drawn away.

Always search for your innermost nature in those you are with, as rose oil imbibes from roses.