Occupation: Poet Birth: September 30, 1207 Death: December 17, 1273
If someone asks, But what is Love? Answer, Dissolving the will..
If you are a man of learning, read something classic, a history of the human struggle and don't settle for mediocre verse..
Counterfeiters exist because there is such a thing as real gold..
Behind every atom of this world hides an infinite Universe..
You think the shadow is the substance..
Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment..
We are the mirror, as well as the face in it. We are tasting the taste of eternity this minute. We are pain and what cures pain. We are the swe….
I am not from east or west not up from the ground or out of the ocean my place is placeless a trace of the traceless I belong to the beloved.
From "Wetness and Water" How does a part of the world leave the world? How can wetness leave water? Do not try to put out a fire by throwing on more ….
Look at the moon in the sky, not the one in the lake..
You must ask for what you really want..
Like the birds of the sea, men come from the ocean-the ocean of the soul. How could this bird, born from that sea, make his dwelling here?.
I am amazed at the seeker of purity When time for polishing comes Complaints of harsh treatment Love is a lawsuit Without evidence, you will ….
This whole universe is but a drop of His Beauty!.
I am filled with you. Skin, blood, bone, brain, and soul. There's no room for lack of trust, or trust. Nothing in this existence but that existence..
Why am I seeking? I am the same as he. His essence speaks through me. I have been looking for myself.
Little by little, wean yourself. This is the gist of what I have to say. From an embryo whose nourishment comes in the blood, move to an infant drink….
The Water said to the dirty one, “Come here.” The dirty one said, “I am too ashamed.” The water replied, “How will your shame be washed away without ….
While still in the cage of your being behold the spirit bird before it flies away..
Love is the soul's light, the taste of morning, no me, no we, no claim of being..
Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu, Buddhist, sufi, or zen. Not any religion or cultural system. I am not from the East or the West, not out o….