Rumi

"If in thirst you drink water from a cup, you see God in it. Those who are not in love with God will see only their own faces in it."

"Start a huge, foolish project, like Noah…it makes absolutely no difference what people think of you."

"Woman is the light of God."

"This place is a dream. Only a sleeper considers it real. Then death comes like dawn, and you wake up laughing at what you thought was your grief."

"We are born of love; Love is our mother."

"This poetry. I never know what I'm going to say."

"Lovers find secret placesinside this violent worldwhere they make transactions with beauty."

"Like a sculptor, if necessary,carve a friend out of stone.Realize that your inner sight is blindand try to see a treasure in everyone."

"You are the Truth from foot to brow. Now, what else would you like to know?"

"Knock, And He'll open the doorVanish, And He'll make you shine like the sunFall, And He'll raise you to the heavensBecome nothing, And He'll turn you into everything."

"Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone's soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd."

"This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet."

"I am your moon and your moonlight tooI am your flower garden and your water tooI have come all this way, eager for youWithout shoes or shawlI want you to laughTo kill all your worriesTo love youTo nourish you."

"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."

"What you seek is seeking you."

"I know you're tired but come, this is the way."

"I was dead, then alive.Weeping, then laughing.The power of love came into me,and I became fierce like a lion,then tender like the evening star."

"Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form."

"Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words."

"Forget safety.Live where you fear to live.Destroy your reputation.Be notorious."