More quotes by Rumi, The Essential Rumi

"God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites so that you will have two wings to fly, not one"
"You're water. We're the millstone.You're wind. We're dust blown up into shapes.You're spirit. We're the opening and closing of our hands. You're the clarity.We're the language that tries to say it.You're joy. We're all the different kinds of laughing."
"There is a secret medicine given only to those who hurt so hard they can't hope.The hopers would feel slighted if they knew."
"You have forgotten the Onewho doesn't care about ownership,who doesn't try to turn a profitfrom every human exchange."
"Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth."