“Don’t surrender your loneliness So quickly. Let it cut more deep. Let it ferment and season you As few human Or even divine ingredients can. Something missing in my heart tonight Has made my eyes so soft, My voice So tender, My need of God Absolutely Clear.”
– Hafiz, 1320 – 1389
Rosalía
“I felt in need of a great pilgrimage. So I sat still for three days, and God came to me.”
— Kabir, Love Poems from God
“Love consists of this: two solitudes that meet, protect and greet each other.”
– Rainer Maria Rilke
“When you plant a seed of love, it is you that blossoms.”
– Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati
“Don’t stumble over something behind you.”
– Seneca
“One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.”
– André Gide
“When you love you should not say, “God is in my heart,” but rather, “I am in the heart of God.’”
– Kahlil Gibran
“What is to come will be created in you and from you. Hence look into yourself. Do not compare, do not measure. No other way is like yours. All other ways deceive you and tempt you. You must fulfill the way that is in you.”
