Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)

"Reason is powerless in the expression of Love."

"The wound is the place where the Light enters you. Trust this."

"When you feel a peaceful joy, that's when you are near truth."

"You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars."

"Suffering is the journey, the way the seed cracks open so the flower can grow."

"Respond to every call that excites your spirit."

"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment."

"I have been searching for myself. Suddenly I realized that I am myself."

"The greatest love is a mother's, then a father's, then a true friend's. The rest are shadows."

"Live life as if you're already dead. You have nothing to lose, only moments to gain."

"Become the sky. Take an axe to the prison wall. Escape."

"Don't look for me in human form anymore. I am invisible. Look for me everywhere."

"You sit here with me, but you are thinking about flying. One does not fly on two wings."

"Love is not finding someone to live with. It's finding someone you can't imagine living without."

"Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened. Don't open the door to the study and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument."

"The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it."

"There's a field somewhere beyond all doubt and disputes. I'll meet you there."

"My heart is singing like a thousand birds. It cannot be contained by walls."

"Knowledge is learning something every day. Wisdom is letting go of something every day."

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

"You are the drop, and you are the ocean. Know that."

"Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another."

"Don't worry about how or when you will die. Worry instead about how you will live."

"I am alive, yet dead. Awake, yet sleeping. A fool, yet wise."

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

"Let your life reflect the forest, not the furious forest fire of the stuck humanity around you."

"You are not a slave to your fear. You are the master of your courage."

"A secret is when you hold truth in reserve, not when you discover it."

"The body is a vehicle for the soul. Treat it with respect."

"You were given life. Now you decide what to give to life."