My yearning is my cup, my burning thirst is my drink, and my solitude is my intoxication; I do not and shall not quench my thirst. But in this burnin….

And if you sing though as angels, and love not the singing, you muffle man's ears to the voices of the day and the voices of the night..

I would not exchange the laughter of my heart for the fortunes of the multitudes..

I am bored with gabbers and their gab; my soul abhors them. . . . Is there any place where there is no traffic in empty talk? Is there on this earth ….

Everyone has experienced that truth: that love, like a running brook, is disregarded, taken for granted; but when the brook freezes over, then people….

And what word is knowledge but a shadow of wordless knowledge?.

Philosophy began when man ate the produce of the earth and suffered indigestion..

A God who is good knows no segregation amongst words or names. And were a God to deny his blessing to those who pursue a different path to eternity, ….

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding... And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life….

Tears have cleansed my eyes, and errors have taught me the language of the hearts..

Life has two halves: one patient and one afire. Love is the fiery half. Make me, O Lord, food for the flames..

It is not the image you would see nor the song you would hear, but rather an image you see though you close your eyes and a song you hear though you ….

All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart..

I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit..

The truly good is he who is one with all those who are deemed bad..

Wailing and lamentation befit those who stand before the throne of life and depart without leaving in its hands a drop of the sweat of their brows or….

The giving and receiving of pleasure is a need and an ecstasy..

You shall not dwell in tombs made by the dead for the living..

If a man loses a dear friend, he looks around and sees many friends come to console and comfort him. If a man loses his wealth, after a little though….

You may strive to be like them but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday..

A word I want to see written on my grave: I am alive like you, and I am standing beside you. Close your eyes and look around, you will see me in fron….