Light up the fire of love inside and blaze the thoughts away.
My friend, the sufi is the friend of the present moment. To say tomorrow is not our way.
Be occupied, then, with what you really value and let the thief take something else.
Achieve some perfection [excellence] yourself, so that you may not fall into sorrow by seeing the perfection in others.
I am bewildered by the magnificence of your beauty; and wish to see you with a hundred eyes . . . I am in the house of mercy, and my heart is a place of prayer.
Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.