Happy Valentines Day

If music be the food of love, play on

Twelfth Night Act 1, scene 1, 1–3 (William Shakespeare)

“What is love? There is nothing in the world, neither man nor devil, not anything, that I hold as suspect as love, for it penetrates the soul more than any other thing. Nothing exists that so fills and binds the heart as love does. Therefore, unless you have those weapons that subdue it, the soul plunges through love into an immense abyss.“

(Umberto Eco, “The Name Of The Rose”)

“Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words.”
― Rumi

“Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.” 
– Friedrich Nietzsche

“Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love.”
― Rumi

 

“Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

“Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames”
― Rumi

“Only from the heart can you touch the sky.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” – Rumi

“The most desired gift of love is not diamonds or roses or chocolate. It is focused attention.”
– Richard Warren

©Samina Iqbal. 2019