Sufi path of love

Quotes from the Book The Sufi Path of Love:
The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi By William C. Chittick 

 Man is called a "rational animal." So man is two things: the food of his animality in this world is this sensual passions and desires. But that which is his quintessence--its food is knowledge, wisdom, and the vision of God. Man's animality is fleeing God while his humanity is fleeing the world. In your one existence, two persons are warring. - Rumi

 He should never fear the trials and tribulations of the spiritual path, which represent so many deaths in relation to the false life of this world and the ego. For the death of one thing is always the rebirth of something better and higher. -Chittick

 God has made nonexistence appear existent and respectable; He has made Existence appear in the guise of nonexistence. He has hidden the Sea and made the foam visible. He has concealed the Wind and shown you the dust. -Rumi

 Rumi uses "poverty" synonymously with annihilation. The dervish is "poor" because he has nothing of "his own" and is totally empty of selfhood. -Chittick

 Poverty will yeild pride in the next world. -Rumi

 What is love? Perfect thirst- So let me explain the Water of Life. -Rumi

 Fear is not even a hair before Love; in the Religion of Love, all things are sacrificed. Love is an attribute of God, but fear is an attribute of the servant afflicted by lust and gluttony. -Rumi

 Love gives birth to a thousand forms; this world is full of its paintings -Rumi

 "The thirst in our souls is the attraction of this Water. We belong to It and It belongs to us." -Rumi

 God is the only object worthy of our love, for He is the True Beloved; every other object of love veils His face. -Chittick

 Look not at your own vileness and weakness look at your aspiration..[..]..seeking is your key to your objects of desire, it is your army and the victory of your banners. -Rumi

 Any hardship or suffering the world inflicts is only a shadow of our separation from God. -Chittick

 The more man suffers, the more he desires to be free of the source of his suffering, his self existence, attachment to himself and the world. The only way to flee from suffering is to seek refuge from ones own ego with God. -Chittick

 Between God and His servant are just two veils; all other veils become manifests from these two: health and wealth. He who is healthy says, "Where is God? I don't know and I don't see." As soon as he begins to suffer, he says, "Oh God! Oh God!" and he begins sharing his secrets with Him and talking to Him. So you see that health was his veil and God was hidden under his pain. So long as man has riches, he gathers together all the means of achieving his desires. Night and day he busies himself with them. But as soon as he loses his wealth, his ego weakens and he turns round about God. -Rumi

 Whenever you turn your heart toward something, His severity will detach you from it--fix not your heart on any place, do not persist. -Rumi

Life without Him is my death, glory without Him is my shame! -Rumi

 O Thou who art our Benefactor, "make firm our feet" [II 250]--Without Thee ease is tribulation and health is sickness. -Rumi

 Union with this world is separation from that world. The health of this body is the sickness of the spirit -Rumi

 Love is a rosegarden--take nourishment from it. The tree of poverty fills the inward garden with fruit. -Rumi

 ..for those self interested motives are like veils upon the eye, twisted around the vision like blindfolds. -Rumi