Failure in life does not matter; the greatest misfortune is standing still.
Everything in life is speaking in spite of it's apparent silence.
It is a very high stage in the path of love when man really learns to love another with a love that asks no return.
When one looks at the ocean, they can only see that part of it which comes within their range of vision; so it is with the truth.
What you are speaks louder than what you say.
Every living being on earth loves life above all else. The smallest insect, whose life lasts only an instant, tries to escape from any danger in order to live a moment longer. And the desire to live is most developed in man.
The voice is not only indicative of man's character, but it is the expression of his spirit. Other sounds can be louder than the voice, but no sound can be more living.
He who has spent has used; he who has collected has lost; but he who has given has saved his treasure forever.
It is the peaceful one who is observant. It is peace that gives him the power to observe keenly. It is the peaceful one, therefore, who can conceive, for peace helps him to conceive. It is the peaceful who can contemplate; one who has no peace cannot contemplate properly. Therefore, all things pertaining to spiritual progress in life depend upon peace.
One is never so strong as when one is broken.
Now if I do anything it is to tune souls instead of instruments. To harmonize people instead of notes. If there is anything in my philosophy, it is the law of harmony: that one must put oneself in harmony with oneself and with others.
Love that ends is the shadow of love; true love is without beginning or end.
In the eyes of a seer, every leaf of a tree is a page of the Holy Book and contains divine revelation.
To be really sorry for one's errors is like opening the door of Heaven.
If anybody asks what Sufism is, what kind of religion is it, the answer is that Sufism is the religion of the heart, the religion in which the thing of primary importance is to seek God in the heart of mankind.
His constant fight is with the Nafs (self-interest), the root of all disharmony and the only enemy of man. By crushing this enemy man gains mastery over himself; this wins for him mastery over the whole universe, because the wall standing between the self and the Almighty has been broken down. Gentleness, mildness, respect, humility, modesty, self-denial, conscientiousness, tolerance and forgiveness are considered by the Sufi as the attributes which produce harmony within one's own soul as well as within that of another.
According to metaphysics, fear is caused by the lack of light.
... The wise in all ages... have tried to learn one thing only, and that was resignation to the Will of God. By doing this, they have reached a stage at which they could see from God's point of view.
I have seen all souls as my soul, and realized my soul as the soul of all.
Among all the valuable things of this world, the word is the most precious. For in the word one can find a light which gems and jewels do not possess; a word may contain so much life that it can heal the wounds of the heart. Therefore, poetry in which the soul is expressed is as living as a human being. The greatest reward that God bestows on man is eloquence and poetry. This is not an exaggeration, for it is the gift of the poet that culminates, in time, with the gift of prophecy.
I have known good and evil, sin and virtue, right and wrong; I have judged and been judged; I have passed through birth and death, Joy and sorrow, heaven and hell; And in the end I realized that I AM in everything and everything is in me.
Therefore it is the law of the mystics to see all things, to experience all things, either of heaven or earth, and yet to say little; for the souls incapable of understanding the possibility of their reach will ridicule them.
For every loss, there is a hidden gain. And for every gain, there is a hidden loss.
You carry all the ingredients to turn your existence into joy. Mix them, Mix them!
Love is the merchandise which all the world demands; if you store it in your heart, every soul will become your customer.
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