Half-heartedne ss doesn't reach into majesty.

The heart has its own language. The heart knows a hundred thousand ways to speak.

There cannot be self-restraint in the absence of desire: when there is no adversary, what avails thy courage? Hark, do not castrate thyself, do not become a monk: chastity depends on the existence of lust.

I came to this earth so that I could find my way back to my Beloved.

Hardship may dishearten at first, but every hardship passes away. All despair is followed by hope; all darkness is followed by sunshine.

God picks up the reed-flute world and blows. Each note is a need coming through one of us, a passion, a longing pain. Remember the lips where the wind-breath originated, and let your note be clear. Don't try to end it. Be your note.

Your longing for ME is my message to you, All your attempts to reach ME, Are in reality MY attempts to reach you.