Humorous Sayings

What, then, O friend, are you searching for like a fool? The object of your quest is within you, as the oil is in the sesame seed.

Between the pillars of spirit and matter the mind has put up a swing.

If God be within a mosque, then to whom does this world belong?

I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. You wander restlessly from forest to forest while the Reality is within your own home.

If you don't find your soul in the world, look for it in words.

Are you looking for me? I am in the next seat. My shoulder is against yours.

I am not in the temple, nor in the mosque, nor in the Kaaba, nor in Kailash. I am not in rites or ceremonies, nor in yoga or renunciation.

The devotee is a cow, and the Guru is the cowherd. The cow is tied, but the cowherd is free.

If you want to know the truth, I tell you the truth: there is no God but the God of all.

The world is a bride's chamber, and the soul is the bride.

The true Guru is like a lamp, and the disciple is a moth. The moth circles the lamp, but the lamp does not move.

What is God? He is the breath inside the breath.

The drop is in the ocean and the ocean is in the drop.

Go to the temple and worship the idol? But the idol is made of stone. How can it speak to you?

The seed is in the plant, and the plant is in the seed.

When you are born, you cry. When you die, the world cries.

The water in the pitcher is not different from the water in the ocean.

Don't go to the garden of flowers! O friend! Go not there! In your body is the garden of flowers.

The breath of all life is the Lord.

I am looking for the one who is looking for me.