Land of the rising sun

That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful.

An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

Oh, bird of my soul, fly away now, For I possess a hundred fortified towers.

You know the value of every article of merchandise, but if you don&#39;t know the value of your own soul, it&#39;s all foolishness.

The gifts of lovers to one another are, in respect to love, nothing but forms; yet, they testify to invisible love.

If you find the mirror of the heart dull, the rust has not been cleared from its face.

Don&#39;t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.

There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground; there are a thousand ways to go home again.