Rumi

“Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”

“Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation.”

“Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.”

“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?”

“The moment you accept what troubles you've been given, the door will open.”

“Knock, and He'll open the door. Vanish, and He'll make you shine like the sun. Fall, and He'll raise you to the heavens. Become nothing, and He'll turn you into everything.”

“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”

“What you seek is seeking you.”

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there.”

“Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.”

“Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.”

“These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them.”

“Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.”

“Respond to every call that excites your spirit.”

“Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love.”

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

“Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.”

“Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”

“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.”

“The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart.”