Rumi

Respond to every call that excites your spirit.

Grief can be the garden of compassion.

Keep walking, though there's no place to get to. Don't try to see through the distances. That's not for human beings.

A thousand half-loves must be forsaken to take one whole heart home.

The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore.

Lovers find secret places inside this violent world where they make gifts to each other.

This is a subtle truth: Whatever you love, you are.

Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes around in another form.

Don't worry about saving these songs! And if one of them is born from your heart, it will be heard.

The source of my suffering is that I am not myself.

Through love, all that is bitter will be sweet. Through love, all that is copper will be gold. Through love, all that is dregs will be wine. Through love, all that is pain will be a remedy.

We are born of love; Love is our mother.

Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others' faults. Be like running water for generosity. Be like death for rage and anger. Be like the earth for modesty. Appear as you are. Be as you appear.

Either give me more wine or leave me alone.

Let go of your mind and become a witness to your thoughts.

The fault is in the one who blames. Spirit sees nothing to criticize.

I died as a mineral and became a plant, I died as a plant and became an animal, I died as an animal and became a human, When did I ever lose by dying?

Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.

Why struggle to open a door between us when the whole wall is an illusion?

Empty your mind of all thoughts, let your heart be full of love.