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  • The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.

  • Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom.

  • This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.

  • Listen! Clam up your mouth and be silent like an oyster shell, for that tongue of yours is the enemy of the soul, my friend. When the lips are silent, the heart has a hundred tongues.

  • There is an invisible strength within us; when it recognizes two opposing objects of desire, it grows stronger.

  • The garden of love is green without limit and yields many fruits other than sorrow or joy. Love is beyond either condition: without spring, without autumn, it is always fresh.

  • Through Love all that is bitter will be sweet, Through Love all that is copper will be gold, Through Love all dregs will become wine, through Love all pain will turn to medicine.

  • You left and I cried tears of blood. My sorrow grows. Its not just that You left. But when You left my eyes went with You. Now, how will I cry?

  • However much I might try to expound or explain Love, when I come to Love itself, I am ashamed of my explanations... Love alone can explain the mysteries of love and lovers.

  • Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.

  • Plant the love of the holy ones within your spirit; don't give your heart to anything, but the love of those whose hearts are glad.

  • I have no companion but Love, no beginning, no end, no dawn. The Soul calls from within me: 'You, ignorant of the way of Love, set Me free.'

  • Beauty surrounds us, but usually we need to be walking in a garden to know it.

  • And so it is, that both the Devil and the angelic Spirit present us with objects of desire to awaken our power of choice.

  • That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful.

  • The moment I first heard love I gave up my soul, my heart, and my eyes.

  • May these vows and this marriage be blessed.

  • It may be that the satisfaction I need depends on my going away, so that when I've gone and come back, I'll find it at home.

  • We are born of love; Love is our mother.

  • The way the Beloved can fit in my heart, two thousand lives could fit in this body of mine. One kernel could contain a thousand bushels, and a hundred worlds pass through the eye of the needle.

  • Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.

  • Christian, Jew, Muslim, shaman, Zoroastrian, stone, ground, mountain, river, each has a secret way of being with the mystery, unique and not to be judged

  • This is the essence of all sciences - that you should know who you will be when the Day of Reckoning arrives.

  • When I die, I shall soar with angels, and when I die to the angels, what I shall become you cannot imagine.

  • Love will find its way through all languages on its own.

  • Water, stories, the body, all the things we do, are mediums that hid and show what's hidden.

  • May this marriage be full of laughter, our every day in paradise.

  • Woman is a ray of God. She is not that earthly beloved: she is creative, not created.

  • The gifts of lovers to one another are, in respect to love, nothing but forms; yet, they testify to invisible love.

  • Every story is us

  • Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.

  • Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.

  • If Light Is In Your HeartYou Will Find Your Way Home.

  • My BelovedKnow that my beloved in hidden from everyoneKnow that she is beyond the belief of all beliefsKnow that in my heart she is as clear as the moonKnow that she is the life in my body and in my soul

  • You erased my famine, unpicked my angerYour energy charges my voice, it radiates my heart;Now I am alive with the ore of words pouringFrom my lips like molten lava glittering with joy.

  • In the silence of loveyou will find the spark of life

  • I waitwith silent passionfor one gestureone glancefrom you

  • My wails of sorroware tormenting my soul

  • Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart. Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.

  • I went inside my heartto see how it was.Something there makes me hearthe whole world weeping.

  • Suddenly the drunken sweetheart appeared out of my door.She drank a cup of ruby wine and sat by my side.Seeing and holding the lockets of her hairMy face became all eyes, and my eyes all hands.

  • Are you jealous of the ocean's generosity?Why would you refuse to givethis joy to anyone?Fish don't hold the sacred liquid in cups!They swim the huge fluid freedom.

  • There is some kiss we want with our whole lives, the touch of spirit on the body. Seawaterbegs the pearl to break its shell.and the lily, how passionatelyit needs some wild darling! Atnight, I open the window and askthe moon to come and press itsface against mine. Breathe intome. Close the language door andopen the lovers window. The moonwon't use the door, only the window."

  • I said to the night, "If you are in love with the moon, it is because you never stay for long."The night turned to me and said, "It is not my fault. I never see the Sun, how can I know that love is endless?"

  • You've seen a herd of goatsgoing down to the water.The lame and dreamy goatbrings up the rear.They are worried faces about that one,but now they're laughing,because look, as they return,the goat is leading!They are many different kind of knowing.The lame goat's kind is a branchthat traces back to the roots of presence.Learn from the lame goat,and lead the herd back home."

  • What can I do my friends, if I do not know?I am neither Christian nor Jew, nor Muslim nor Hindu. What can I do? What can I do?Not of the East, nor of the West, Nor of the land, nor of the sea,Not of nature's essence, nor of circling heavens. What could I be?"

  • Birdsong brings reliefto my longing.I am just as ecstatic as they are,but with nothing to say!Please, universal soul, practicesome song, or something, through me!"

  • A lover asked his beloved,Do you love yourself more than you love me?Beloved replied, I have died to myself and I live for you.I've disappeared from myself and my attributes,I am present only for you.I've forgotten all my learnings,but from knowing you I've become a scholar.I've lost all my strength, but from your power I am able.I love myself...I love you.I love you...I love myself."

  • My soul is my guide, for my soul is of that abode. I will not speak of the earthly. I am of the unknown

  • Let the lover be disgraceful, crazy, absent-minded. Someone sober will worry about events going badly. Let the lover be.

  • Sadness to me is the happiest time, When a shining city rises from the ruins of my drunken mind. Those times when I'm silent and still as the earth, The thunder of my roar is heard across the universe.

  • 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

  • Drum sound rises on the air, its throb, my heart. A voice inside the beat says, "I know you're tired, but come. This is the way.

  • Someone who does not run toward the allure of love walks a road where nothing lives.

  • Reason is powerless in the expression of Love. Love alone is capable of revealing the truth of Love and being a Lover. The way of our prophets is the way of Truth. If you want to live, die in Love; die in Love if you want to remain alive.

  • Love alone can explain the mysteries of Love.

  • A generous friend gives life for a friend let's rise above this animalistic behavior and be kind to one another

  • I am an ark in the swift flood of time, and my companions, a fellowship. Who throws in with us sails into light.

  • Let soul speak with the silent articulation of a face.

  • Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent. Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.

  • This is not a day for asking questions, not a day on any calendar. This day is conscious of itself. This day is a lover, bread, and gentleness, more manifest than saying can say.

  • A pearl goes up for auction. No one has enough, so the pearl buys itself.

  • I want to be where your bare foot walks, because maybe before you step, you'll look at the ground. I want that blessing

  • Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

  • Be kind to yourself, dear - to our innocent follies. Forget any sounds or touch you knew that did not help you dance. You will come to see that all evolves us.

  • The very center of your heart is where life begins. The most beautiful place on earth.

  • Poetry can be dangerous, especially beautiful poetry, because it gives the illusion of having had the experience without actually going through it.

  • Before death takes away what you are given, give away what there is to give.

  • This being human is a guest house. Every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor...Welcome and entertain them all. Treat each guest honorably. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.

  • This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. Welcome and entertain them all!

  • When love first tasted the lips of being human, it started singing.

  • Being desirable means being comfortable with your own ambiguity. The most ambiguous reality is that we are flesh and spirit at the same time. Within everyone there is light and shadow, good and evil, love and hate. In order to be truthful, you must embrace your total being. A person who exhibits both positive and negative qualities, strengths and weaknesses is not flawed, but complete.

  • Believe in love's infinite journey, for it is your own, for you are love. Love is life

  • Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.

  • Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. Cleverness is mere opinion. Bewilderment brings intuitive knowledge.

  • Love is the ark appointed for the righteous, Which annuls the danger and provides a way of escape. Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. Cleverness is mere opinion, bewilderment intuition.

  • Birdsong brings relief to my longing. I am just as ecstatic as they are, but with nothing to say.

  • Love is from the infinite, and will remain until eternity. The seeker of love escapes the chains of birth and death. Tomorrow, when resurrection comes, The heart that is not in love will fail the test.

  • If you were a blade of grass or a tiny flower I will pitch my tent in your shadow. Only your presence revives my withered heart. You are the candle that lights the whole world and I am an empty vessel for your light.

  • Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths.

  • You wander from room to room Hunting for the diamond necklace That is already around your neck!

  • Something opens our wings. Something makes boredom and hurt disappear. Someone fills the cup in front of us: We taste only sacredness.

  • The same wind that uproots trees makes the grass shine. The lordly wind loves the weakness and the lowness of grasses. Never brag of being strong. The axe doesn't worry how thick the branches are. It cuts them to pieces. But not the leaves. It leaves the leaves alone.

  • Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots.

  • Everything you see has its roots in the unseen world. The forms may change, yet the essence remains the same. Every wonderful sight will vanish, every sweet word will fade, But do not be disheartened, The source they come from is eternal, growing, Branching out, giving new life and new joy. Why do you weep? The source is within you And this whole world is springing up from it.

  • The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you Don't go back to sleep! You must ask for what you really want. Don't go back to sleep! People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds touch, The door is round and open Don't go back to sleep!

  • The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep.

  • You transform all who are touched by you. Mundane concerns, troubles, and sorrows dissolve in your presence, bringing JOY.

  • The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

  • The Law of Wonder rules my life at last, ...I burn each second of my life to Love Each second of my life burns out in Love In each leaping second Love lives afresh.

  • My head is bursting with the joy of the unknown. My heart is expanding a thousand fold.

  • If I gaze at my beloved she may feel embarrassed and if I do not, she will feel neglected. I can see the stars reflecting in the calm water of her face but if I look away I lose my clarity.

  • Just as the heart becomes carefree in a place of green, growing plants, goodwill and kindness are born when our souls enter happiness.

  • If you do not possess the staff of caution and discrimination, use the eyes of him who sees. If there is no staff of caution and discrimination, do not wander on the road without a guide.

  • Love is the energizing elixir of the Universe, the cause and effect of all Harmony.

  • The friend who knows a lot more than you do will bring difficulties, and grief, and sickness, as medicine, as happiness, as the essence of the moment when you're beaten when you hear Checkmate, and can finally say, I trust you to kill me.

  • You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?

  • Without love, all worship is a burden, all dancing is a chore, all music is mere noise.

  • I am the servant of the Qur'an as long as I have life. I am the dust on the path of Muhammad, the Chosen One.

  • They are the chosen ones who have surrendered ... Once they were particles of light now they are the radiant sun!

  • Come out of the circle of time And into the circle of love.

  • As you live Deeper in the Heart, the Mirror gets clearer and cleaner.

  • Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

  • My heart is burning with love. All I can see is this flame. My heart is burning with passion, like waves on an ocean. I'm at home, wherever I am. And in the room of lovers, I can see with closed eyes the beauty that dances. Behind the veils, intoxicated with love, I too dance the rhythm of this moving world.

  • Friend, our closeness is this: anywhere you put your foot, feel me in the firmness under you.

  • Someday our souls will be one and our union will be forever. I know that everything I give you comes back to me. So I give you my life , hoping that you will come back to me.

  • Very little grows on jagged rock. Be ground. Be crumbled, so wildflowers will come up where you are.

  • The ground's generosity takes in our compost and grows beauty! Try to be more like the ground.

  • God writes spiritual Mysteries on our heart, where they wait silently for discovery.

  • If all you can do is crawl, start crawling.

  • You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don't. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly.

  • You are not meant for crawling, so don't. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly.

  • No longer a stranger, you listen all day to these crazy love-words. Like a bee you fill hundreds of homes with honey, though yours is a long flight from here.

  • We've given up making a living, its all this crazy love poetry now!

  • Nothing I say can explain to you Divine Love Yet all of creation cannot seem to stop talking about it.

  • The lovers of God never run out of patience, for they know that time is needed for the crescent moon to become full.

  • Rise up nimbly and go on your strange journey to the ocean of meanings.... Leave and don't look away from the sun as you go, in whose light you're sometimes crescent, sometimes full.

  • A secret freedom opens through a crevice you can barely see.

  • Every moment a taste of that beauty in our mouths, another stashed in a pocket. Impossible to say what: no cypress so handsome, no sunlight, a lonely hiddenness. Other pleasure gathers a crowd, starts a fight, lots of noise there. But soul beauty stays quiet..his amazing whereabouts unknown inside my heart.

  • In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.

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