1,330 quotes found
“Before garden, vine or grape was in the world," writes one, "our soul was drunken with immortal wine.”
“Brave is the thief who carries a lamp in his hand.”
“The definition of the word 'finished' is: 'This word means finished.”
“Until you can understand illogicality, and the meaningfulness of it, shun the Sufis except for limited, precise, self-evident services.”
“When sense has left a head, it should be called a tail.”
“Generosity is also marked by doing what one says one will do. Saadi teaches: ‘when the generous promise, they perform”
“If you want to be a calligrapher, write, and write, and write.”
“I am the Real, for I have not ceased to be real – through the Real.”
“No effort makes a black crow into a white hawk.”
“Pick up a bee from kindness, and learn the limitations of kindness.”
“Have the nature of a dervish: then wear a stylish cap.”
“The sort of man who, throwing a stone upon the ground, would miss.”
“Better the demon which makes you improve than the angel who threatens.”
“As Ibn Arabi says: ‘Absolute existence is the source of all existence’.”
“Be kind to the hawk and harm the sparrow.”
“One day the cub will become a wolf, even if it has been reared among the sons of man.”
“Each flies with its own kind: pigeon with pigeon, hawk with hawk.”
“I ask about the sky, but the answer is about a rope.”
“Much smoke has been seen, and caused great fear of fire — even when no fire ensued.”
“Man has less than he suspects of: Time, Friends, Hopes, Qualities.Proverb”
