But promoting philosophical skepticism is not quite the mission of this book. If awareness of the Black Swan problem can lead us into withdrawal and extreme skepticism, I take here the exact opposite...
If you want to find God, then all you need to do is love.
(n.) A title or surname of the king of Persia.
(n.) One of a certain order of religious men in Persia.
The feet and their tappingWrite many a lovely coupletThe body dances to your rhythm O lordAfter all, you are the master and I a puppet
You must empty out the dirty water before you fill the pitcher with clean.
I searched for my Beloved in the strangest of places, until the day I realized I couldn't take my eyes off Her.
The Sufis,' runs the saying, 'understand with their hearts what the most learned scholars cannot understand with their minds
When I run after what I think I want, my days are a furnace of stress and anxiety;if I sit in my own place of patience,what I need flows to me, and without pain. From this I understand that what I wan...
There came one and knocked at the door of the Beloved.And a voice answered and said, 'Who is there?'The lover replied, 'It is I.''Go hence,' returned the voice;'there is no room within for thee and me...
The true saint goes in and out amongst the people and eats and sleeps with them and buys and sells in the market and marries and takes part in social intercourse, and never forgets God for a single mo...
May we always see life through love-coloured glasses.
When no one is looking,I swallow deserts and cloudsand chew on mountainsknowing they are sweet bones!When no one is lookingand I want to kiss God,I just lift my own hand to my mouth.
To Be One With The One Is Not For 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
Learning how to learn involves examining assumptions. Mulla Nasrudin tales very often fulfil this funcition.
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