My place is the Placeless, my trace is the Traceless ; 'Tis neither body nor soul, for I belong to the soul of the Beloved. I have put duality away, I have seen that the two worlds are one; One I seek, One I know, One I see, One I call.

Why are you so enchanted by this world, when a mine of gold lies within you?

Quit acting like a wolf, and feel the shepherd's love filling you.

Passion is present when a man can distinguish between the wine and the container. Two men see a loaf of bread. One hasn't eaten anything for ten days. The other has eaten five times a day, every day. He sees the shape of the loaf. The other man with his urgent need sees inside into the taste, and into the nourishment the bread could give. Be that hungry, to see within all beings the Friend.

Tree limbs rise and fall like the ecstatic arms of those who have submitted to the mystical life. Leaf sounds talk together like poets making fresh metaphors.

Sit with lovers and choose their state. Do not stay long with those who are not living in the heart.

God calls himself "Baseer" [Observant], so that the knowledge that He is watching you may keep you from sinning.