#rumi

"I will soothe you and heal you,I will bring you roses.I too have been covered with thorns."

"You think of yourselfas a citizen of the universe.You think you belong to this world of dust and matter.Out of this dustyou have created a personal image,and have forgottenabout the essence of your true origin"

"Lovers find secret placesinside this violent worldwhere they make transactions with beauty."

"You dance inside my chest,where no one sees you,but sometimes I do, and thatsight becomes this art."

"I know you're tired but come, this is the way."

"What you seek is seeking you."

"Woman is the light of God."

"Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words."

"I was dead, then alive.Weeping, then laughing.The power of love came into me,and I became fierce like a lion,then tender like the evening star."

"در غم ما روزها بی گاه شدروزها با سوزها همراه شد"

"When someone beats a rug,the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it."

"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"

"Like a sculptor, if necessary,carve a friend out of stone.Realize that your inner sight is blindand try to see a treasure in everyone."

"Do you know what you are?You are a manuscript oƒ a divine letter.You are a mirror reflecting a noble face. This universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself;everything that you want, you are already that."