sufism

Similitude of the heart is like that of a telephone operator between man and God.

I have loved in life and I have been loved. I have drunk the bowl of poison from the hands of love as nectar, and have been raised above life's joy and sorrow. My heart, aflame in love, set afire every heart that came in touch with it. My heart has been rent and joined again; My heart has been broken and again made whole; My heart has been wounded and healed again; A thousand deaths my heart has died, and thanks be to love, it lives yet. I went through hell and saw there love's raging fire, and I entered heaven illumined with the light of love. I wept in love and made all weep with me; I mourned in love and pierced the hearts of men; And when my fiery glance fell on the rocks, the rocks burst forth as volcanoes. The whole world sank in the flood caused by my one tear; With my deep sigh the earth trembled, and when I cried aloud the name of my beloved, I shook the throne of God in heaven.I bowed my head low in humility, and on my knees I begged of love, "Disclose to me, I pray thee, O love, thy secret." She took me gently by my arms and lifted me above the earth, and spoke softly in my ear, "My dear one, thou thyself art love, art lover, and thyself art the beloved whom thou hast adored.

The first lesson to learn is to resign oneself to the little difficulties in life, not to hit out at everything one comes up against. If one were able to manage this one would not need to cultivate great power; even one's presence would be healing.

My life is on loan, like money borrowed from a bank. God is the lender, and He retains the right to call in the loan any time. Though I am responsible for taking care of it, I do not own this life; it is borrowed. Why should I fear its loss or the loss of anything else in this world when I must surrender it all anyway?

I will not serve God like a labourer, in expectation of my wages. Rabia

To drown in treacle is just as unpleasant as to drown in mud.People today are in danger of drowning in information; but because they have been taught information is useful, they are more willing to drown than they need be.If they could handle information, they would not have to drown at all.The lightning said to the oak tree: 'Stand aside, or take what is coming to you!

Neither imagine that you are false, nor lash yourself, for both may be forms of self-indulgence.

When you are still fragmentated, lacking certainty _ what difference does it make what your decisions are?

Ultimately though, we are not responsible for another's happiness. The unhappy person almost always suffers from self-inflicted pain.

The intelligence of the heart bypasses the intellect in the head which works on assumptions and requires a lot of thinking and confusion and makes a person tired and weak. But, the heart intelligence is not only direct and to the point, it also gives you energy, vitality and strength.

If you don't know how to take care of your own needs, when you try to give to others, you are giving from a bankrupt account.

Superior experience and knowledge will be made available to a man or woman in exact accordance with his worth, capacity and earning of it

ScrapsThe scraps from the meal of the Emir are larger than the gifts of halwa from the merchant. Timur Fazil

As swords were designed to killThey did well to make them tongue-shaped.(Anwar-i-Suhaili)

Our objective is to achieve, by the understanding of the Origin, the Knowledge which comes through experience.

Imagination blocks you like a bolt on a door. Burn that bar. (Rumi)

He had found riches beyond worldly imagination. He had found the never ending well of love.

A man must be a Salomon before his magical ring will work. (Hafiz)