50 quotes
Sufi and Persian poet
“Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.”
"Why struggle to open a door between us when the whole wall is an illusion?"
on Perception
"Only union with you gives joy. The rest if tearing down one building to put up another."
on Love
"Poetry can be dangerous, especially beautiful poetry, because it gives the illusion of having had the experience without actually going through it."
on Art
"I will soothe you and heal you,I will bring you roses.I too have been covered with thorns."
"You were sent to unite peopleYou were not been sent to divide people."
on Inspirational
"silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation."
on Spirituality
"You were sent to unite peopleYou were not sent to divide people."
"All the tears which we creatures shed for Him are not tears as many think but pearls...."
on Faith
"There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen."
on Life
"Lovers find secret placesinside this violent worldwhere they make transactions with beauty."
"The wit taught by God to the beeIs withheld from the lion and the wild ass."
on Nature
"Water in the boat is the ruin of the boat, but water under the boat is its support."
on Philosophy
"Fortunate is he who does not carry envy as a companion."
on Wisdom
"Whoever's calm and sensible is insane!"
"The lover's ailment is separate from all other ailments: love is the astrolabe of the mysteries of God."
"If the beloved is everywhere,the lover is a veil,but when living itself becomesthe Friend, lovers disappear."
"The angel is free because of his knowledge, the beast because of his ignorance. Between the two remains the son of man to struggle."
"Inside you there’s an artist you don’t know about… say yes quickly, if you know, if you’ve known it from before the beginning of the universe."
"The flower that does not smileat the branches withers."
"The universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself; everything that you want, you already are."
on Self Awareness
