There is a city in which you find everything you desire-handsome people, pleasures, ornaments of every kind-all that the natural person craves. However, you cannot find a single wise person there.

Bring the pure wine of love and freedom. But sir, a tornado is coming. More wine, we'll teach this storm A thing or two about whirling.

God has allowed some magical reversal to occur, so that you see the scorpion pit as an object of desire, and all the beautiful expanse around it as dangerous and swarming with snakes.

Whatever lifts the corners of your mouth, trust that

The source is within you. And this whole world is springing up from it.

I didn't come here of my own accord, and I can't leave that way. Whoever brought me here will have to take me home.

Peaceful is the one who is not concerned with having more or less.