More quotes by Rumi

"Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words."
"Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love."
"Love comes with a knife, not some shy question, and not with fears for its reputation!"
"You are an ocean in a drop of dew,all the universes in a thin sack of blood.What are these pleasures then,these joys, these worldsthat you keep reaching for,hoping they will make you more alive?"
"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"