Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)

"I belong to no religion. My religion is love."

"Do you know what you are? You are a manuscript of a divine letter."

"Run from what's comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live."

"Everything you want, you already are."

"The desire to know your own soul will end all other desires."

"There is a life force in the middle of your chest waiting to be released."

"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough."

"Be patient. Wounds need time to heal."

"Love is the bridge between you and everything."

"Not all those who wander are lost."

"The only authentic wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

"Let the beauty we love be what we do."

"You are here to recognize yourself in all things."

"The rose speaks of love silently, in a language known only to the heart."

"Don't ask me about my religion. Look at my life."

"A diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor a person perfected without trials."

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

"The art of knowing is knowing what to overlook."

"Music is the language of the angels."

"You are the universe looking at itself."

"Every memory is a dream of the past wearing the clothes of what was."

"Don't worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better?"

"The greatest wealth is health."

"Duality is the illness; unity is the cure."

"Your depression has a purpose. Waste no opportunity in it."

"I am a stranger in this strange land, but nowhere is strange to the soul."

"The boundary between good and evil is permeable. Everyone contains both."

"Knock on the door of love repeatedly."

"You have within you all the knowledge you need. The trick is listening to it."

"Nothing belongs to you. Everything is yours."