“Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.”
― Paul Auster, The Brooklyn Follies
pearl of wisdom 2.
Posted on Saturday, April 26, 2014
Posted at 7:37 PM
1. People look at secondary causes and think that they are the origin of everything that happens. But it has been revealed to the people close to God that secondary causes are no more than a veil.

2. Each and every part of the world is a snare for the fool and a means of deliverance for the wise.

3. When patience and intellect go, your ego incites to evil.

4. The sensual ego is blind and deaf to God.

5. All the disgraceful qualities derive from water and clay. Once the mirror of your heart becomes pure and clear, you will see pictures from beyond the domain of water and clay.

6. The saints have polished their breasts until cleansed of greed, cupidity, avarice, and hatred. Without doubt the pure mirror is the heart acting as a receptacle for infinite pictures.

7. Things become clear through their opposites. God created suffering and heartache so that joyful -heartedness might appear through its opposite.

8. No opposite can be known without its opposite. Having suffered a blow, you will know a caress.

9. There is no absolute evil in this world, for evil is relative-----know this also:

The snakes venom is life for the snake, but death in relation to man.

Creatures of water see the ocean as garden, creatures of earth see it as death and torment. 
Nothing God has created is in vain, whether wrath, or forbearance, sincere council or guile. 
The benefit and harm each depends upon the situation. For this reason knowledge is necessary and useful. [Spiritual Teachings of Mawlana Rumi]