Rumi

"When someone beats a rug,the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it."

"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."

"I will soothe you and heal you,I will bring you roses.I too have been covered with thorns."

"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."

"The truth was a mirror in the hands of God. It fell, and broke into pieces. Everybody took a piece of it, and they looked at it and thought they had the truth."

"Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom."

"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."

"I didn't come here of my own accord, and I can't leave that way.Whoever brought me here will have to take me home."

"Woman is the light of God."

"Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love."

"Soul receives from soul that knowledge, therefore not by book nor from tongue. If knowledge of mysteries come after emptiness of mind, that is illumination of heart."

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

"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."

"Give your weakness to one who helps."

"Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths."

"Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom."

"Remember. The way you make love is the way God will be with you."

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

"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."

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