Love’s secret is always lifting its head out from under the covers, Here I am! – Rumi, as interpreted by Coleman Barks Category: Rumi
I do not know who lives here in my chest, or why the smile comes. I am not myself, more the bare green knob of a rose that lost every leaf and petal to the morning wind. – Rumi Category: Rumi
And don’t think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It’s quiet, but the roots are down there riotous. – Rumi Category: Rumi
In each moment the fire rages, it will burn away a hundred veils. And carry you a thousand steps toward your goal. – Rumi Category: Rumi
When I was young, I did actually model and was much photographed by famous photographers. But I was always a bookworm. – Marina Warner Category: famous
How can one better magnify the Almighty than by sniggering with him at his little jokes, particularly the poorer ones. – Samuel Beckett Category: God