More quotes by Rumi

"If it is bread that you seek, you will have bread. If it is the soul you seek, you will find the soul. If you understand this secret, you know you are that which you seek."
"If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?"
"It is certain that an atom of goodness on the path of faith is never lost."
"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."
"When someone beats a rug,the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it."