“I saw my Lord with the Eye of my heart, and I said: "Who are you?" He answered: "You!"” Quote by Mansur Al-Hallaj
“Other than He cannot be qualified by two (opposite) qualities at one time; yet With Him they do not create opposition. He is hidden in His manifestation, manifest in His concealing.” TwoQualityOppositesManifestationOppositionManifestOne TimeQualifiedConcealingTwo Opposites Author:Mansur Al-Hallaj
“He acts without contact, instructs without meeting, guides without pointing. Desires do not conflict with Him, thoughts do not mingle with Him: His essence is without qualification (takyeef), His action without effort (takleef).” ActionDesireEffortConflictEssenceMeetingsGuidesContactPointingQualifications Author:Mansur Al-Hallaj
“Love is in the pleasure of possession, but in the Love of Allah there is no pleasure of possession, because the stations of the Reality are wonderment, the cancelling of the debt which is owed, and the blinding of vision. The Love of the human being for God is a reverence which penetrates the very depths of his being, and which is not permitted to be given except to Allah alone. The Love of Allah for the human being is that He Himself gives proof of Himself, not revealing Himself to anything that is not He.” GivingHumansRealityGivenHuman BeingsLove IsPleasureVisionDepthPossessionDebtProofStationsReverenceRevealingPenetrate Author:Mansur Al-Hallaj
“In the Name of Allah the Merciful, the Compassionate, Who manifests Himself through everything, the revelation of a clear knowing to whomsoever He wishes, peace be upon you, my son. This praise belongs to Allah Who manifests Himself on the head of a pin to whom He wishes, so that one testifies that He is not, and another testifies that there is none other than He. But the witnessing in the denying of Him is not rejected, and the witnessing in the affirming of Him is not praised.” NamesWishKnowingClearSonPraiseRevelationsMy SonCompassionateRejectedPinsMercifulAffirming Author:Mansur Al-Hallaj
“For thirty years I sought God. But when I looked carefully I found that in reality God was the seeker and I the sought.” YearsGodRealityFoundThirtySeekersThirty Years Author:Bayazid Bastami
“I have an agreement with the houseflies. The flies don't practice law and I don't walk on the ceiling.” LawWalksPracticeAgreementCeilings Author:Groucho Marx
“If you want to see things just as they are, then you yourself must practice just as you are.” IfsWantPractice Author:Dogen
“You never put off until tomorrow or even this afternoon what you can do this morning. Attack the objective when your desire is strongest.” ActionDesireCan DoMorningTomorrowObjectivesStrongestAfternoon Author:Sheilah Graham Westbrook
“Food, sex, and liquor create their own appetite.” SexAddictionAppetiteLiquor Author:Sheilah Graham Westbrook
“be careful what you want, for you will get it.” WantCarefulWhat You WantBe Careful Author:Sheilah Graham Westbrook