Let the Jesus of your Spirit ride the donkey; Don‘t make your Jesus carry the donkey. Rumi, Mathnawi II: 1853-5

Since in order to speak, one must first listen,learn to speak by listening.Rumi, Mathnawi I: 1627

The Sufi's book is not of ink and letters;it is nothing but a heart white as snow. Rumi, Mathnawi II: 159

Water says to the dirty, „Come here“The dirty one says, „I am so ashamed“.Water says,„How will your shame be washed away without me?“Rumi, Mathnawi II: 1366-67

The knowing heart is receptive to the intelligence of Being and is guided by Being. When the heart is awakened and purified, it establishes a connection to Spirit; our finest and noblest capacities are unlocked, our sacred humanness is revealed. What it comes down to, the distillation of all wisdoms, is this: we can rejoin our isolated wills with Love's Will through the knowing of the heart.