Rumi

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.

Love Came.... _x000D_ and became like blood in my body. _x000D_ It rushed through my veins and _x000D_ encircled my Heart. _x000D_ _x000D_ Everywhere I looked, _x000D_ I saw One Thing.... _x000D_ Love's Name written _x000D_ on my limbs, _x000D_ on my left palm, _x000D_ on my forehead, _x000D_ on the back of my neck, _x000D_ on my right big toe... _x000D_ _x000D_ Oh, my friend, _x000D_ all that you see of me _x000D_ is just a shell, _x000D_ and the rest belongs to Love.

Since you are not a prophet, follow the way taught by prophets. _x000D_ _x000D_ Since you are not a king, be a loyal subject to The King. _x000D_ _x000D_ Since you are not a captain, do not take the helm of the ship. _x000D_ _x000D_ Since you do not possess every skill, have partners in your business. _x000D_ _x000D_ Be as pliant as dough in the hands of others, that you may rise well.

Everyone sleeps, except lovers, who stay awake, telling stories to God

Your happy songs bring to me the scent of Heaven. Please keep singing!

Keep on knocking 'til the joy inside opens a window look to see who's there

Stars burn clear all night till dawn. Do that yourself, and a spring will rise in the dark with water your deepest thirst is for.

This is love: to fly toward a secret sky

Even when tied in a thousand knots, the string is still but one.

Very little grows on jagged rock. Be ground. Be crumbled, so wildflowers will come up where you are.

How do I know who I am or where I am? How could a single wave locate itself in an ocean.

Look at me as many times as you wish, _x000D_ but you won’t get to know me! _x000D_ Since you have last seen me, _x000D_ I’ve changed a hundred times!

What does this patch-sewing mean you ask? Eating and drinking. The heavy cloak of the body is always getting torn. You patch it with food and other ego-satisfactions.

Flowers every night Blossom in the sky; Peace in the Infinite, At peace am I.

Love is from the infinite, and will remain until eternity. The seeker of love escapes the chains of birth and death. Tomorrow, when resurrection comes, The heart that is not in love will fail the test.

Every object and being in the universe is a jar overflowing with wisdom and beauty,a drop of the Tigris that cannot be contained by any skin. Every jarful spills and makes the earth more shining, as though covered in satin... Make peace with the universe. Take joy in it. It will turn to gold. Resurrection will be now. Every moment, a new beauty.

I am amazed at the seeker of purity _x000D_ When time for polishing comes _x000D_ Complaints of harsh treatment _x000D_ Love is a lawsuit _x000D_ Without evidence, you will not win _x000D_ My son, when one beats the rug The beating is not intended against the rug _x000D_ But against the dust inside the rug _x000D_ My son, that harsh treatment _x000D_ Is not intended against you _x000D_ But against the ill qualities inside you

The garden of love is green without limit and yields many fruits other than sorrow or joy. Love is beyond either condition: without spring, without autumn, it is always fresh.

When I am with you, we stay up all night. When you're not here, I can't go to sleep. Praise God for those two insomnias! And the difference between them.

Moonlight floods the whole sky from horizon to horizon; How much it can fill your room depends on its windows.

A white flower grows in the quietness. Let your tongue become that flower.