Land of the rising sun

The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.

Listen! Clam up your mouth and be silent like an oyster shell, for that tongue of yours is the enemy of the soul, my friend. When the lips are silent, the heart has a hundred tongues.

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

The garden of love is green without limit and yields many fruits other than sorrow or joy. Love is beyond either condition: without spring, without autumn, it is always fresh.

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

And so it is, that both the Devil and the angelic Spirit present us with objects of desire to awaken our power of choice.

This is the essence of all sciences - that you should know who you will be when the Day of Reckoning arrives.

Send a bouquet of your face with the morning breeze.

There is an invisible strength within us; when it recognizes two opposing objects of desire, it grows stronger.