“Pull the thorn of existence out of the heart! Fast!For when you do, you will see thousands of rose gardens in yourself.”

“I say, Show me the way. You say, Put your head under your feet. That way you rise through the starsand see a hundred different ways to be with me.”

“Like a sculptor, if necessary,carve a friend out of stone.Realize that your inner sight is blindand try to see a treasure in everyone.”

“A craftsman pulled a reed from the reedbed,cut holes in it, and called it a human being.Since then, it's been wailing a tender agonyof parting, never mentioning the skillthat gave it life as a flute”

“My friend, you thought you lost Him;that all your life you've been separated from Him.Filled with wonder, you've always looked outside for Him,and haven't searched within your own house.”

“Everything you possess of skill, and wealth, and handicraft,wasn't it first merely a thought and a quest?”

“When someone beats a rug,the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it.”