Sufi Quotes When the eye is pure it sees purity. - Hakim Sanai   Green wood can be bent. But once it becomes dry, it can only be straightened by fire. - Saadi of Shiraz   Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond. - Rumi   I was starving until one night My love tricked God Himself To fall into my bowl. - Hafiz   I love God: I have no time left In which to hate the devil. - Rabia   How will you ever know him, as long as you are unable to know yourself? - Hakim Sanai   With passion pray. With passion work. With passion make love. With passion eat and drink and dance and play. Why look like a dead fish in this ocean of God? - Rumi