~ Everyone is so afraid of death, but the real sufis just laugh: nothing tyrannizes their hearts. What strikes the oyster shell does not damage the pearl.
~ If in thirst you drink water from a cup, you see God in it. Those who are not in love with God will see only their own faces in it.
~ He (GOD) is a letter to everyone. You open it. It says, 'Live!'
~ Remember, the entrance door to the sanctuary is inside you.
~ Appear as you are, Be as you appear.
~ When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.
~ Conventional opinion is the ruin of our souls.
~ In silence there is eloquence. Stop weaving and watch how the pattern improves.
~ Patience is the key to joy.
~ Since in order to speak, one must first listen, learn to speak by listening.
~ The intelligent want self-control; children want candy.
~ To praise is to praise how one surrenders to the emptiness.
~ We rarely hear the inward music, but we're all dancing to it nevertheless.
~ Close both eyes to see with the other eye.
~ Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.
~ My friend, the sufi is the friend of the present moment. To say tomorrow is not our way.
~ Nightingales are put in cages because their songs give pleasure. Whoever heard of keeping a crow?
~ You wander from room to room
Hunting for the diamond necklace
That is already around your neck!
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