Author Quotes

“I would love to kiss you. The price of kissing is your life.”

“Whatever happens, just keep smiling and lose yourself in Love.”

“Whatever sorrow shakes from your heart, far better things will take their place.”

“In the silence between your heartbeat bides a summons. Do you hear it? Name it if you must, or leave it forever nameless, but why pretend it is not there?”

“If you put your heart against the earth with meIn serving every creature, our Beloved will enter youFrom our sacred realm, and we will be, we will beSo happy.”

“I should be suspicious of what I want.”

“We are the mirror - As well as the face in it.”

“Silence is the sea, and speech is like the river. The sea is seeking you: don't seek the river. Don't turn your head away from the signs offered by the sea.”

“My heart rushes into the garden, joyfully tasting all the delights. But reason frowns, disapproving of the heart's bad manners.”

“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.”

“There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.”

“Because I cannot sleep I make music at night.”

“Every fragile beauty, every perfect forgotten sentence, you grieve their going away, but that is not how it is. Where they come from never goes dry. It is an always flowing spring.”

“Late, by myself, in the boat of myself, no light and no land anywhere, cloudcover thick. I try to stay just above the surface, yet I'm already under and living within the ocean.”

“Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious.”

“My friend, the sufi is the friend of the present moment. To say tomorrow is not our way.”

“Your legs will get heavy and tired. Then comes a moment of feeling the wings you've grown, lifting.”

“Who says the eternal being does not exist? Who says the sun has gone out? Someone who climbs up on the roof and closes his eyes tight, and says, I don't see anything.”

“How do I know who I am or where I am? How could a single wave locate itself in an ocean.”

“Submit to love without thinking”

“We are the mirror as well as the face in it.We are tasting the taste this minute of eternity.We are pain and what cures pain both.We are the sweet cold water and the jar that pours.”

“Raise your words, not your voice.”

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

“I am amazed at the seeker of purityWhen time for polishing comesComplaints of harsh treatmentLove is a lawsuitWithout evidence, you will not winMy son, when one beats the rug The beating is not intended against the rugBut against the dust inside the rugMy son, that harsh treatmentIs not intended against youBut against the ill qualities inside you”

“You have been walking the ocean's edge, holding up your robes to keep them dry. You must dive naked under and deeper under, a thousand times deeper. Love flows down. The ground submits to the sky and suffers what comes. Tell me, is the earth worse for giving in like that? Do not put blankets over the drum. Open completely.”