"Man thinks he has evolved. In certain ways, yes, but in certain other ways he has lost much. His evolution is only of reason, intellect, but he has lost, on the way, his heart. And the heart is the most significant thing. A thousand and one rationalities cannot give...
"Everyone is so afraid of death, but the real sufis just laugh: nothing tyrannizes their hearts. What strikes the oyster shell does not damage the pearl."
"To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order; we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right."
"Wherever you go, go with all your heart."
"Wash the dust from your Soul and Heart with wisdom's water."
"The message behind the words is the voice of the heart."
"Tend to your vital heart, and all that you worry about will be solved."
"Nature is not human hearted."
"Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses."
"Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it."