Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)

"I died as mineral and became a plant, I died as plant and rose to animal, I died as animal and I was human."

"What you seek is seeking you."

"Knock on the door. Knock again. Someone's home."

"Start a huge, foolish project, like Noah. It makes absolutely no difference how many people say it cannot be done."

"If light is in your heart, you will find your way home."

"Do you know what you are? You are a manuscript of a divine letter. You are a mirror reflecting a noble face."

"The Greed for fruit misses the flower."

"I want the warmth of your presence as a shield against the cold darkness of the night."

"Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form."

"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."

"You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather."

"The mind is like a candle flame, flickering in the wind. Pay attention to what fuels it."

"Out of the mouths of babes comes the sweetest truth."

"Wherever there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure."

"Your heart is not open, so I close my mouth and wait."

"The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep."

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

"There is a life force within your soul, see it. There is a genius within your being, follow it."

"If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror ever get polished?"

"The wound is a doorway through which new light enters."

"Move beyond the concept of reward and punishment. They are just the mechanics of control."

"Don't be satisfied with stories of how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth."

"Every moment I shape my destiny with a chisel. I am a carpenter of my own soul."

"Your defects no longer interest me. Show me the path of your secrets instead."

"The word is half his who speaks, and half his who hears it."

"Do not adjust your behavior because of how others react to you. You are not for everyone, and that is okay."

"You think of yourself as a citizen of the world. But the world is a citizen of you."

"Forget safety. Live where you fear to live."

"Love is the bridge between you and everything."

"You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you."