The saint’s protection is Truth’s sword: your time with him is worth as much as the cup of life itself.
All the wise have said the same: the one who knows God is God’s mercy to His creatures . . .
Companionship with the holy makes you one of them. Though you’re rock or marble, you’ll become a jewel when you reach the man of heart.
Plant the love of the holy ones within your spirit; don’t give your heart to anything, but the love of those whose hearts are glad.
Don’t go to the neighborhood of despair: there is hope. Don’t go in the direction of darkness: suns exist.
[Mathnawi I, 714-717, 721-724 from The Pocket Rumi, tr. by Kabir and Camille Helminski]















