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.
I can see as clear as a daylight that the hour is coming when women will lead humanity to a higher evolution.
The man who tries to prove his belief superior to the faith of another, does not know the meaning of religion.
Failure in life does not matter; the greatest misfortune is standing still.
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.
One is never so strong as when one is broken.
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.
In the eyes of a seer, every leaf of a tree is a page of the Holy Book and contains divine revelation.
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.
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.
For every loss, there is a hidden gain. And for every gain, there is a hidden loss.
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.
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.
If someone strikes my heart, it does not break, but it bursts, and the flame coming out of it becomes a torch on my path.
Once you have linked yourself with love, a flood of inspiration is revealed to you, whatever the subject, whatever the problem in life may be. Whatever it be that your eye casts its glance upon, it will disclose itself. Then you are on the real road, and what a joy this is!
Love is the merchandise which all the world demands; if you store it in your heart, every soul will become your customer.
To be really sorry for one's errors is like opening the door of Heaven.
Every man's path is for himself; let him accomplish his own desires that he may thus be able to rise above them to the eternal goal.
Belief and disbelief have divided humankind into so many sects, blinding its eyes to the vision of the Oneness of all Life.
He who has spent has used; he who has collected has lost; but he who has given has saved his treasure forever.
I have seen all souls as my soul, and realized my soul as the soul of all.
You carry all the ingredients to turn your existence into joy. Mix them, Mix them!
People often ask me questions that I cannot very well answer in words, and it makes me sad to think they are unable to hear the voice of my silence.
I first believed without any hesitation in the existence of the soul, and then I wondered about the secret of its nature. I persevered and strove in search of the soul, and found at last that I myself was the cover over my soul!
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