
“Boy, you knock on the devil's door and he will head slam you through the wall.”
Source: No Mercy
Source: Sunsets
“Boy, you knock on the devil's door and he will head slam you through the wall.”
Source: No Mercy
“You don’t knock on the devil’s door, boy, unless you want him to answer. (Ravyn)”
Source: Dark Side of the Moon
Variant: When Suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat left for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.
"Conversation with a Stone"
Poems New and Collected (1998), Salt (1962)
Think Better: An Innovator's Guide to Productive Thinking
“You knock at the door of Reality. You shake your thought wings, loosen your shoulders, and open.”
"The Gift of Water" Ch. 18 : The Three Fish, p. 200
The Essential Rumi (1995)
“No one laughs at God when the cops knock on their door
And they say "We've got some bad news, sir."”
Far (2009)