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I want a heart which is split, part by part, because of the pain of separation from God, so that I might explain my longing and complaint to it.
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Why, when God’s earth is so wide, have you fallen asleep in prison?
Attributed A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)
The soul of the prophet cares for nought but God,
It has nothing to do with approving or disapproving His works.
Attributed A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)
Cease to behave as wolves and dogs that you may experience the Shepherd’s love.
Attributed A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)
He, the door of whose breast has been opened, sees the sun reflected in every atom.
Attributed A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)
Every moment the voice of Love is coming from left and right
We are bound for heaven; who has a mind to sight-seeing?
Attributed A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)
Except in the house of communion with God there is no peace.
Attributed A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)
Prize not at all life that has passed without love,
Love is the water of life: receive it in thy heart and soul.
Attributed A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)
One impulse from God is better than a hundred efforts.
Attributed A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)
The strength of strongest man can merely split a stone,
The power that informs man’s soul can cleave the moon.
Attributed A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)
Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place.
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As there are many demons with men’s faces,
It is wrong to join hands with every one.
Attributed A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)
You wish to have both God and the base world together,
This is impossible, ridiculous and mad.
Attributed A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)
Love is that flame which, when it is kindled,
Devours everything except the Beloved.
Attributed A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)
Our earthly passions are a part of hell
And the parts always share the nature of the whole.
Attributed A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)
You have seen the mountain, not the mine within the mountain.
Attributed A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)
I extracted the marrow of the Koran, and threw the bone to the dogs.
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Repentance lights on him who tests one tested already.
Attributed A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)
Thy light is at once joined with all things and apart from all.
Attributed A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)
God drops into the heart a single pearl-drop
Which is not bestowed on oceans or skies.
Attributed A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)