There is none dwelling in the house but God. When a man is awakened he melts and perishes.

Because the Beloved wants to know, unseen things become manifest. Hiding is the hidden purpose of creation.

It is Love that gives joy to happiness.

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.

I went inside my heart to see how it was. Something there makes me hear the whole world weeping.

The ear participates, and helps arrange marriages; the eye has already made love with what it sees. The eye knows pleasure, delights in the body's shape: the ear hears words that talk about all this. When hearing takes place, character areas change; but when you see, inner areas change. If all you know about fire is what you have heard see if the fire will agree to cook you! Certain energies come only when you burn. If you long for belief, sit down in the fire! When the ear receives subtly; it turns into an eye. But if words do not reach the ear in the chest, nothing happens.

Do you pay regular visits to yourself? Don't argue or answer rationally. Let us die, and dying, reply.