More quotes by Rumi

"Gamble everything for love, if you're a true human being."
"A craftsman pulled a reed from the reedbed,cut holes in it, and called it a human being.Since then, it's been wailing a tender agonyof parting, never mentioning the skillthat gave it life as a flute"
"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."
"Start a huge, foolish project, like Noah…it makes absolutely no difference what people think of you."
"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."