“I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. You don’t grasp the fact that what is most alive of all is inside your own house; and so you walk from one holy city to the next with a confused look!”

When the flower opens, the bees will come.

I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days and God came to me.

Do not go to the garden of flowers! O friend! go not there; In your body is the garden of flowers. Take your seat on the thousand petals of the lotus, and there gaze on the infinite beauty.

I am not a Hindu, Nor a Muslim, I am this body, a play Of five elements a drama Of the spirit dancing With joy and sorrow.

Faith,Waiting in the heart of a seed, Promises a miracle of life which cannot prove at once.

Do you believe there is some place that will make thesoul less thirsty? In that great absence you will find nothing.

Listen to me brother! bring the vision of the Beloved in your heart.

When the bride is one with her lover, who cares about the wedding party?

If you don’t break your ropes while you’re alive, do you think ghosts will do it after?

As the bee collecteth honey with great zest, so the fool collecteth wealth.

What is found now is found then. If you find nothing now, you will simply end up with an apartment in the City of Death.

Do not praise yourself not slander others: There are still many days to go and any thing could happen.

If you want the truth, I’ll tell you the truth. Listen to the secret sound, the real sound, which is inside you.

Wear a crown of flowers on your head, let its roots reach your heart.

Plunge into the truth, find out who the Teacher is, Believe in the Great Sound!

Listen to me, my Friend! My beloved Lord is within.