Intellect takes you to the door, but it doesn't take you into the house.

If the human being is a proud and honorable creature, he shouldn't forget to act that way, even if he falls, even if the whole world is against him, even if he ends as a slave.

What does patience mean? It means to look at the thorn and see the rose, to look at the night and see the dawn. Impatience means to be short sighted as to not be able to see the outcome. The lovers of God never run out of patience, for they know that time is needed for the crescent moon to become full.

Being the companion of the folk of this world is fire. There must be an Abraham if the fire is not going to burn [you].

The past is an interpretation. The future is on illusion. The world does not move through time as if it were a straight line, proceeding from the past to the future. Instead, time moves through and within us, in endless spirals. Eternity does not mean infinite time, but simply timelessness. If you want to experience eternal illumination, put the past and the future out of your mind and remain within the present moment.

When a sincere woman begins to dance, the seven heavens, the earth, and all creatures begin to dance.

Nothing kills the soul that commands to evil (Nafs al Ammarra) like seeing the beauty of the heart.