“In the love-ocean clothes are an embarrassment. Don't look to be famous here, and don't expect payment.”— Rumi, amazon.com
“Never think that you are worthless. God has paid an enormous amount for you, and the gifts keep arriving.”— Rumi, amazon.com
“The drum we hear inside us now we may not hear tomorrow. We have such fear of what comes next. Death.”— Rumi, amazon.com
“There is some kiss we want with our whole lives, the touch of spirit on the body.”— Rumi, amazon.com
“Let the lover be disgraceful, crazy, absentminded. Someone sober will worry about things going badly. Let the lover be.”— Rumi, amazon.com
“A man goes to sleep in the town where he has always lived, and he dreams he's living in another town.”— Rumi, amazon.com
“What hurts you, blesses you. Darkness is your candle. Your boundaries are your quest.”— Rumi, amazon.com
“When the ocean comes to you as a lover, marry at once, quickly, for God's sake! Don't postpone it! Existence has no better gift. No amount of searching will find this.”— Rumi, amazon.com
“Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.”— Rumi, amazon.com
“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there.”— Rumi, amazon.com
“Drink all your passion, and be a disgrace. Close both eyes to see with the other eye.”— Rumi, amazon.com
“Breathe into me. Close the language- door and open the love window. The moon won't use the door, only the window.”— Rumi, amazon.com
“When it's cold and raining, you are more beautiful. And the snow brings me even closer to your lips.”— Rumi, amazon.com
“Know that my beloved in hidden from everyone Know that she is beyond the belief of all beliefs Know that in my heart she is as clear as the moon Know that she is the life in my body and in my soul”— Rumi, amazon.com
“I can sense your presence in my heart although you belong to all the world I wait with silent passion for one gesture one glance from you.”— Rumi, amazon.com
“Today I have found you and those who laughed and scorned me yesterday are sorry that they were not looking as I did.”— Rumi, amazon.com
“Respond to every call that excites your spirit. Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back toward disease and death.”— Rumi, amazon.com