Yunus Emre Quotes & Sayings

The earth shall be left to no one. — Yunus Emre

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

My heart is the throne of the Beloved, the Beloved the heart's destiny: Whoever breaks another's heart will find no homecoming in this world or any other. — Yunus Emre

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

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

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

I am the drop that contains the ocean — Yunus Emre

A heart makes a good home for the friend. — Yunus Emre

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. — Yunus Emre

Too many words are lit for a beast of burden. — Yunus Emre

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. — Yunus Emre

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

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. — Yunus Emre

To love the world is to be afflicted. — Yunus Emre