"How frail the human heart must be - a mirrored pool of thought."
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"If you pluck out my heart To find what makes it move, You’ll halt the clock That syncopates our love."
"When I write about "realizations," I am describing a state in which a practitioner has wisdom of who she or he is, and has embodied that wisdom; it has become integrated into daily life, thoughts, and activities. We often view "awakening" as first step towards such realization. Awakening can occur in the blink of an eye, frequently through the direct, heart-opening (heart-breaking) transmission of grace from an awakened teacher."
"I am bewildered by the magnificence of your beauty; and wish to see you with a hundred eyes . . . I am in the house of mercy, and my heart is a place of prayer."
"A lover's life lies in death. You shall not find a heart without losing the heart."
"Heart be brave. If you cannot be brave, just go. Love's glory is not a small thing."
"Oh god Let all lovers be content Give them happy endings Let their lives be celebrations Let their hearts dance in the fire of your love"
"Until the juice ferments a while in the cask, it isn't wine. If you wish your heart to be bright, you must do a little work."
"Sit with lovers and choose their state. Do not stay long with those who are not living in the heart."
"Soul receives from soul that knowledge, therefore not by book nor from tongue. If knowledge of mysteries come after emptiness of mind, that is illumination of heart."
"I'm in love! Your advice, what are they? Love has poisoned me! Your remedies, what are they? I hear them shout: "fast, Bind him feet!" But if my heart that has gone mad! Those strings on my feet What is the point?"
"You are the Essence of the Essence, The intoxication of Love. I long to sing Your Praises but stand mute with the agony of wishing in my heart !"
"In the sea of love, I melt like salt Faith, Doubt - they both dissolve. A star is opening in my heart . The worlds turn in it."
"Whoever has Heart's doors wide open, could see the Sun itself in every atom."
"When you seek Love with all your Heart, you shall find its echoes in the universe."
"What is the heart? It is not human and it is not imaginary. I call it you."
"Hear from the heart wordless mysteries."
"Roar, lion of the heart, and tear me open!"
"The Heart of the matter is Soul, nothing else."
"Your kindness cannot be said. You open doors in the sky. You ease the heart and make God's qualities visible."