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

A Heart makes a good home for the Friend.

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

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

A single word can brighten the face
of one who knows the value of words.
Ripened in silence, a single word
acquires a great energy for work.
War is cut short by a word,
and a word heals the wounds,
and there’s a word that changes
poison into butter
and honey.
Let a word mature inside yourself.
Withhold the unripened thought.
Come and understand the kind of word
that reduces money and riches to dust.
Know when to speak a word
and when not to speak at all.
A single word turns the universe of hell
into eight paradises.
Follow the Way. Don’t be fooled
by what you already know. Be watchful.
Reflect before you speak.
A foolish mouth can brand your soul.
Yunus, say one last thing
about the power of words –
Only the word “I”
divides me from God.

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