في بعض الأحيان يجب أن تحطم كل ارتباطاتك حتى تفوز بنفسك. - Elif Şafak

within every sane mind there was a trace of insanity, and within the depths of madness glimmered a seed of lucidity.

I’ve been thinking that you are my country. Is that a strange thing to say? Without you, I don’t have a home in this world; I am a felled tree, my roots severed all round; you can topple me with the touch of a finger.

Quit worrying about hell or dreaming about heaven as they are both present inside this very moment. Why worry so much about the aftermath, an imaginary future, when this very moment is the only time we can truly and fully experience the presence and absence of God in our lives? Motivated by neither the fear of punishment nor the desire to be rewarded in heaven, Sufis love God simply because they love him.