281. The one who is near yet absent— they are the ones who deepen sorrow! The one who is distant yet present— they are the ones who heal sorrow!
The one who is near yet absent thinks the credit is theirs! The one who is distant yet present knows the credit is theirs!
A lantern close by, a soul far away!
283. A new love, a new life.
284. Our sighs are, in the end, just air. Our tears are, in the end, just water.
We... cry when love is denied, lose it when love is given.
Our loves are, in the end, just sorrow.
285. Even if we never meet again, I will carry you till death— within me, beyond me.
In the spaces between these fingers, in each of my thoughts.
You will remain exactly there— where I rest when weary, where I return after weariness ends.
Within me— what begins, that too is you; what ends, that too is you.
286. It's possible to love everyone, but impossible to hate them all.
287. "Former." This is not a word. This is an entire chapter.
288. Small wounds of the body— heal through neglect. Tiny wounds of the heart— grow through care.
289. From the one who seeks passion, we end up asking for love! From the one who seeks love, we end up asking for passion!
We get neither passion, nor love!
290. Where are all my old enemies now that I have new haters?
291. If haters thought of God even half as much as they think of me every day, He would come running in an instant!
292. The one who loves me— I have hated them most in this life.
The one who hates me— I have loved them most in this life.
Perhaps this is what they call settling scores!
293. Don't speak with such irritation.
Just say this much— you're busy right now.
That will do. I haven't taken to the streets just because I love you.
294. Once I fall in love, hurting me becomes easy enough!
But if I don't love you, even a thousand attempts can't bring me joy— pain is far beyond the question!
295. What you're throwing away, some people can't find despite searching desperately!
296. The one whose face makes you turn away, how many people long to glimpse even their shadow!
297. Someone lives in fear— when will I block them!
Someone keeps me in fear— when will they block me!
298. The one who won't reply to a single message of mine— if only I could show them how many people wait for my replies!
299. What's the use of calling God if you keep all the roads to His arrival closed?
300. Keeping your heart so low while raising your face so high— everyone understands everything but stays silent!
301. If you can't endure suffering, the chance to endure success never comes.
302. Beware of those who are everyone's favorite.
303. "Look at this chest..." The moment I said it, that fool gaped at my breasts with his mouth hanging open!
I lost all taste for saying what came next!
304. Only those who are both candid and sincere understand that sincerity must be increased!
305. The more you leap, the more you'll lose.
306. Whatever one can do, they know no more than that.
307. The curtain that blocks light when drawn aside— let that curtain stay closed!
308. What couldn't be done despite trying today— tomorrow the time for trying is saved!
309. What can be had for the asking is, whatever else it may be, nothing worth keeping.
310. The mind will be calm, the heart will be restless. This is what prayer is.
311. The easier it is to call someone "Sir," the heavier the burden on their shoulders!
312. What must be done— the longer you run from it, the further behind you'll fall.
313. To want what you never imagined you'd get, you must work as hard as you never imagined you could.
314. The more fear in the mind, the less strength there is.
315. Threatening a caged tiger with your bite is not called courage.