that the saint is now continually
tripping over joy
and bursting our in laughter
and saying “i surrender!”

whereas my dear
i am afraid you still think
you have a thousand serious moves

- hafez

when you love you should not say
“god is in my heart” but rather
“i am in the heart of god”

and think not you can direct the course of love
for love if it finds you worthy
directs your course

- khalil gibran

yet till then its desires are limitless
its claims inexhaustible
and every satisfied desire gives rise to a new one

no possible satisfaction in the world
would suffice to still its longings
set a goal to its infinite cravings

and fill the bottomless abyss of its heart

- arthur schopenhauer

if you’re freightened of dying
and you’re holding on
you’ll see devils tearing your life away

if you’ve made your peace
then the devils are really angels
freeing you from the earth

- meister eckhart