Hormuz The Rainbow Island

The way the Beloved can fit in my heart, two thousand lives could fit in this body of mine. One kernel could contain a thousand bushels, and a hundred worlds pass through the eye of the needle.

Oh Cup-bearer, set my glass afire with the light of wine!

What shall I say, O Muslims, I know not myself, I am neither a Christian, nor a Jew, nor a Zoroastrian, nor a Muslim.

Hormuz Island from sea

Why should I be unhappy? Every parcel of my being is in full bloom.

He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.

When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it.

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.

Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.

When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.

I have learned so much from God that I can no longer call myself a Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew.

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