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

There is a way between voice and presence, where information flows. In disciplined silence it opens; with wandering talk it closes.

Love is the vital core of the soul. And of all you see, only love is infinite.

In love’s country, language doesn’t have its place. Love is mute.

You have no idea how hard I've looked for a gift to bring You. Nothing seemed right. What's the point of bringing gold to the gold mine, or water to the ocean. Everything I came up with was like taking spices to the Orient. It's no good giving my heart and my soul because you already have these. So I've brought you a mirror. Look at yourself and remember me.

Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river. When the ocean is searching for you, don't walk into the river. Listen to the ocean.

I want a heart which is split, part by part, because of the pain of separation from God, so that I might explain my longing and complaint to it.