Rumi

The undisciplined man doesn't wrong himself alone- he sets fire to the whole world.

Discipline enabled Heaven to be filled with light; discipline enabled the angels to be immaculate and holy.

To love is human. To feel pain is human. Yet to still love despite the pain is pure angel.

Pilgrimage to the place of the wise is to find escape from the flame of separateness.

We are tasting the taste of eternity this minute.

There is some kiss we want with the whole of our lives.

We owe thankfulness to God, not sour faces.

Awake asleep ought to be with us - So he may see dreams in wakefulness.

Fasting is the first principle of medicine.

You already have the precious mixture that will make you well. Use it.

Know that a word suddenly shot from the tongue is like an arrow shot from the bow. Son, that arrow won't turn back on its way; you must damn the torrent at its source.

The beginning of pride and hatred lies in worldly desire, and the strength of your desire if from habit. When an evil tendency becomes confirmed by habit, rage is triggered when anyone restrains you.

Stay with friends who support you in these. Talk with them about sacred texts, and how you are doing, and how they are doing, and keep your practices together.

Little by little, wean yourself. This is the gist of what I have to say. From an embryo whose nourishment comes in the blood, move to an infant drinking milk, to a child on solid food, to a searcher after wisdom, to a hunter of invisible game.

It is God's kindness to terrify you in order to lead you to safety.

Indeed envy is a defect; worse than any other.

Believe in love's infinite journey, for it is your own, for you are love. Love is life

Silence is the root of everything. If you spiral into its void a hundred voices will thunder messages you long to hear.

To change, you must face the dragon of your appetites with another dragon: the life-energy of the soul.

Listen. Make a way for yourself inside yourself. Stop looking in the other way of looking.

God writes spiritual Mysteries on our heart, where they wait silently for discovery.