Would you become a pilgrim on the road of love? The first condition is that you make yourself humble as dust and ashes.

I made an oath to myself: as long as I live as long as my soul remains in this body I won't deviate from the right way but later I looked to my left and then to my right and I saw our beloved everywhere how could I make a wrong turn?

Don't try to steer the boat. Don't open shop for yourself. Listen. Keep silent. You are not God's mouthpiece. Try to be an ear, And if you do speak, ask for explanations.

You do not see clearly the evil in yourself, else you would hate yourself with all your soul. Like the lion who sprang at his image in the water, you are only hurting yourself, O foolish man. When you reach the bottom of the well of your own nature, then you will know that the vileness was from yourself.

When you reach the bottom of the well of your own nature, then you will know that the vileness was from yourself.

Last night I learned how to be a lover of God. To live in this world and call nothing my own.

The meaning of poetry has no sureness of direction; is like the sling, it is not under control.