More quotes by Rumi

"Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words."
"Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone's soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd."
"When someone beats a rug,the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it."
"This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet."