Rumi

Come to the Root of the Root of your Self

My soul gave me good counsel, teaching me to love. Love was for me a delicate thread stretched between two adjacent pegs, but now it has been transformed into a halo, its first is its last, and its last is its first. It encompases every being, slowly expanding to embrace all that ever will be.

Roar, lion of the heart, and tear me open!

We should ask God to help us toward manners. Inner gifts do not find their way to creatures without just respect.

Be suspicious of what you want.

Every need brings what's needed._x000D_ _x000D_ Pain bears its cure like a child._x000D_ _x000D_ Having nothing produces provisions._x000D_ _x000D_ Ask a difficult question,_x000D_ _x000D_ And the marvelous answer appears.

Always search for your innermost nature in those you are with, as rose oil imbibes from roses.

Life is balance of holding on and letting go.

Those who are pure in heart achieve God-consciousness; they are truly and actually aware of God at the center of their being (their heart). These sanctified individuals are said to be Possessors of the Heart.

What hurts the soul? To live without tasting the water of its own essence.

This world is full of remedies. But you have no remedy until God opens a window for you. You may not be aware of that remedy just now. In the hour of need it will be made clear to you. The Prophet said God made a remedy for every pain.

Doubt is a precipice on the way to God. Blessed is he who is freed from its bonds. He who fares without any doubt, adhere to his footprints if you do not know the way. Cleave to the footprints of the deer and advance with care that you may reach the musk-gland. By means of such trekking, even if you walk on fire, you will reach the luminous peak.

If you are looking for a friend who is faultless, you will be friendless.

Let Go of Your Worries Let go of your worries and be completely clear-hearted, like the face of a mirror that contains no images. If you want a clear mirror, behold yourself and see the shameless truth, which the mirror reflects. If metal can be polished to a mirror-like finish, what polishing might the mirror of the heart require? Between the mirror and the heart is this single difference: the heart conceals secrets, while the mirror does not.

Never be without remembrance of Him, for His remembrance gives strength and wings to the bird of the Spirit.

Sometimes in order to help He makes us cry_x000D_ _x000D_ Happy the eye that sheds tears for His sake_x000D_ _x000D_ Fortunate the heart that burns for His sake_x000D_ _x000D_ Laughter always follow tears_x000D_ _x000D_ Blessed are those who understand_x000D_ _x000D_ Life blossoms wherever water flows_x000D_ _x000D_ Where tears are shed divine mercy is shown

Whoever is sitting with friends is in the midst of a flower garden, though he may be in the fire. Whoever sits with an enemy is in the fire, even though he is in the midst of a garden.

Whoever travels without a guide, needs two hundred years for a two-day journey.

Why should I stay at the bottom of a well, when a strong rope is in my hand?

Love will find its way through all languages on its own.

This is a subtle truth. Whatever you love, you are.