Quotes from Yunus Emre

A heart makes a good home for the friend.

A heart makes a good home for the friend.

I am the drop that contains the ocean

I tried to make sense of the Four Books, until love arrived, and it all became a single syllable.

Don't let me wander from Your love, Don't let me leave Your door, And if I lose myself, Let me find myself with You.

If I told you about a land of love...would you swallow it as a remedy?

Knowledge should mean a full grasp of knowledge: Knowledge means to know yourself, heart and soul. If you have failed to understand yourself, Then all of your reading has missed its call.

To love the world is to be afflicted.

When love arrives, all needs and flaws are gone.

Hak cihâna tol?dur kimseler Hakk'? bilmez / An? sen senden iste o senden ayru olmaz.

Ölür ise ten ölür, canlar ölesi de?il" (Only the body dies, souls can never be slain)

If I told you about a land of love, friend, would you follow me and come? In that land are vineyards, that yield a deadly wine - no glass can hold it. Would you swallow it as a remedy?

E?ek dervi? olmaz odun çekmekle tekkeye, deve hac? olmaz gidip gelmekle Mekke'ye.

We became a trickle that grew into a river.

Ölür ise ten ölür, canlar ölesi de?il

Ko ölmek endî?esin 'â??k ölmez bâkîdür Ölmek senün nen ola çün cânun ?lâhîdür Ölümden ne korkars?n korkma ebedî vars?n Çün kim i?e yarars?n bu söz fâsid da'vîdür

not here (in the world) for a cause here for love lover's nest is the heart (I'm) here to make one

Ask those who know, what's this soul within the flesh? Reality's own power. What blood fills these veins? Thought is an errand boy, fear a mine of worries. These sighs are love's clothing. Who is the Khan on the throne? Give thanks for His unity. He created when nothing existed. And since we are actually nothing, what are all of Solomon's riches? Ask Yunus and Taptuk what the world means to them. The world won't last. What are You? What am I?

Come let us be friends for once. Let us make life easy on us. Let us be loved ones and lovers. The earth shall be left to no one.

I tried to make sense of the Four Books, until love arrived, and it all became a single syllable.

To love the world is to be afflicted.

Thought is an errand boy, fear a mine of worries.

Whatever separates you from the Truth, throw it away, it will vanish anyhow.

If I told you about a land of love, friend, would you follow me and come?