That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in f... - Rumi
"That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful."
More quotes by Rumi
"The ground's generosity takes in our compost and grows beauty! Try to be more like the ground."
"How will you know the difficulties of being human, if you are always flying off to blue perfection? Where will you plant your grief seeds? Workers need ground to scrape and hoe, not the sky of unspecified desire."
"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."
"Lovers find secret placesinside this violent worldwhere they make transactions with beauty."
"If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?"