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With love’s own eyes the mirror view, and there see God to self akin.
I know you're tired but come, this is the way.
You are a ruby encased in granite. How long will you deceive Us with this outer show?
Either give me more wine or leave me alone.
Ah! Lover, consider well what is really your beloved.
Lovers find secret places inside this violent world.
With love’s own eyes the mirror view, and there see God to self akin.
Billions of simultaneous motions moving in me.
The whole world is a form for truth.
Do you need a quote from the Quran?
Every time your spouse or lover says something stupid make your eyes light up as if you just heard something brilliant.
The mystic flies moment to moment. The fearful ascetic drags along month to month.
To your minds there is such a thing as news, whereas to the inner knowing, it’s all in the middle of its happening.
Pain is a treasure, for it contains mercies.
Don’t ask why this delights me.
The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.
I’m like an ant that’s gotten into the granary, ludicrously happy, and trying to lug out a grain that’s way too big.
When I remember your love, I weep.
I want to say words that flame as I say them.
Any love based on physical beauty is not love.
The fertile garden of Love, as it is boundless, contains other fruits besides joy and sorrow.
Patience with small details makes perfect a large work, like the universe.
A pen went scribbling along but when it wrote love, it broke.
I once had a thousand desires. But in my one desire to know you all else melted away.
Your own essence is your wealth.