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

There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground; there are a thousand ways to go home again.

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.

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

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

What shall I say, O Muslims, I know not myself, I am neither a Christian, nor a Jew, nor a Zoroastrian, nor a Muslim.

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

You know the value of every article of merchandise, but if you don’t know the value of your own soul, it’s all foolishness.

You’ve come to know the fortunate and the inauspicious stars, but you don’t know whether you yourself are fortunate or lucky.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.’

Sunlight fell upon the wall; the wall received a borrowed splendor. Why set your heart on a piece of earth, O simple one? Seek out the source which shines forever.

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.

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.