“This is the kind of Friend You are - Without making me realize My soul's anguished history, You slip into my house at night, And while I am sleeping, You silently carry off All my suffering and sordid past In Your beautiful Hands.”— Hafiz, amazon.com
“The heart is a The thousand-stringed instrument That can only be tuned with Love.”— Hafiz, amazon.com
“Lean your sweet neck and mouth Out of that dark nest where you hide, I will pour effulgence into your mind.”— Hafiz, amazon.com
“Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words.”— Rumi, amazon.com
“Do you know what you are? You are a manuscript oƒ a divine letter. You are a mirror reflecting a noble face. This universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself; everything that you want, you are already that.”— Rumi, amazon.com
“Moonlight floods the whole sky from horizon to horizon; How much it can fill your room depends on its windows.”— Rumi, amazon.com
“When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it.”— Rumi, amazon.com
“Beyond the earth, beyond the farthest skies I try to find Heaven and Hell. Then I hear a solemn voice that says: "Heaven and hell are inside.”— Omar Khayyám, amazon.com
“When you are so full of sorrow that you can't walk, can't cry anymore, think about the green foliage that sparkles after the rain. When the daylight exhausts you, when you hope a final night will cover the world, think about the awakening of a young child.”— Omar Khayyám, amazon.com
“Drink wine and look at the moon and think of all the civilisations the moon has seen passing by.”— Omar Khayyám, amazon.com
“Scholars really have nothing to teach you. But from the soft touch of the eyelashes of a woman you will know all there is to know about happiness.”— Omar Khayyám, amazon.com
“Where is an intimate friend who’ll hear the secret from me straight out – of what human beings have been from the moment they began? They are born of toil and molded from the clay of sorrow. They wander the world for a time, then set off.”— Omar Khayyám, amazon.com
“Don't pursue happiness! Life is as short as a sigh. The dust of people that were once famous turn with the reddish clay on the wheel you are looking at. The universe is a fata morgana; life is a dream.”— Omar Khayyám, amazon.com