A thousand for his love expired each day, And those who saw his face, in blank dismay Would rave and grieve and mourn their lives away- To die for lo…

- Farid Al-Din Attar

This was no friendship, to forsake your friend, To promise your support and at the end Abandon him-this was sheer treachery. Friend follows friend to…

- Farid Al-Din Attar

A man whose eyes love opens risks his soul - His dancing breaks beyond the mind's control.

- Farid Al-Din Attar

If the eye of the heart is open, in each atom there will be one hundred secrets

- Farid Al-Din Attar

The home we seek is in eternity; The Truth we seek is like a shoreless sea, Of which your paradise is but a drop. This ocean can be yours; why should…

- Farid Al-Din Attar

The fruit of love's great tree is poverty; Whoever knows this knows humility.

- Farid Al-Din Attar

The ocean can be yours; why should you stop Beguiled by dreams of evanescent dew? The secrets of the sun are yours, but you Content yourself with mot…

- Farid Al-Din Attar

Were you indeed not blinded by the Curse Of Self-exile, that still grows worse and worse, Yourselves would know that, though you see him not, He is w…

- Farid Al-Din Attar

Let love lead your soul. Make it a place to retire to, a kind of monastery cave, a retreat for the deepest core of your being.

- Farid Al-Din Attar