8 Quotes by Farid ud-Din Attar

To enter the valley of love, one must plunge wholly into fire. Yes, we must become one with the fire itself, for otherwise one cannot live there. He that truly loves must resemble fire, his countenance aflame, burning and . impetuous like fire.

The Beginning is lost;the End stretches into eternity.Don't bother with them, they're all irrelevant.And since all is really nothing,then nothing is truly everything.

As you approach this stage's final veil, Kingdoms and wealth, substance and water fail;Withdraw into yourself, and one by oneGive up the things you own--when this is done,Be still in selflessness and pass beyondAll thoughts of good and evil; break this bond,And as it shatters you are worthy ofOblivion, the Nothingness of love.

How arrogant you areTo think your wretched Self so singular!The disappointments of this world will dieIn less time than the blinking of an eye,And as the earth must pass, pass by the earth Don't even glance at it, know what it's worth;What empty foolishness it is to careFor what must one day be dispersed to air!

The dwellers in Paradise know that the first thing they must give up is their heart.

One plods along in a state of amazement, sometimes smiling sometimes weeping.

Welcome, O Goldfinch! Come joyously. Be eager to act, and come as the fire. When you have burnt up your attachments the light of God will manifest itself more and more. Since your heart knows the secrets of God, remain faithful. When you have perfected yourself you will no longer exist. But God will remain.

It was in China, late one moonless night,The Simorgh first appeared to mortal sight –He let a feather float down through the air,And rumours of its fame spread everywhere...