Rumi

The sea itself is one thing, the foam another; neglect the foam, and regard the sea with your eyes. Rumi

Conceive the Soul as a fountain, and these created things as rivers: while the Fountain flows, the rivers run from it. Rumi

The Love of the soul is for wisdom and knowledge, that of the body for houses, gardens, and vine-yards. Rumi

Your depression is connected to your insolence and refusal to praise. Rumi

The Prophets accept all agony and trust it. For the water has never feared the fire. Rumi

Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your myth. Rumi

I want to sing like the bird’s sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think. Rumi

Be full of sorrow, that you may become a hill of joy; weep, that you may break into laughter. Rumi

I am not this hair, I am not this skin, I am the soul that lives within. Rumi

Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love. Rumi

Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you. Rumi

Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees. Rumi

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. Rumi

Your depression is connected to your insolence and refusal to praise. Rumi

The Prophets accept all agony and trust it. For the water has never feared the fire. Rumi

Why do you stay in prison, when the door is so wide open? Rumi

Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion. Rumi

If the foot of the trees were not tied to the earth, they would be pursuing me. For I have blossomed so much, I am the envy of the gardens. Rumi

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop. Rumi

Would you become a pilgrim on the road of love? The first condition is that you make yourself humble as dust and ashes. Rumi

Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your myth. Rumi

This place is a dream. Only a sleeper considers it real. Then death comes like dawn, and you wake up laughing at what you thought was your grief. Rumi

Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder. Rumi

There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground; there are a thousand ways to go home again. Rumi

Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along. Rumi

Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you. Rumi