Be empty of worrying…. Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open? Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking. – Rumi, as interpreted by Coleman Barks

Is what I say true? Say yes quickly, if you know, if you’ve known it from before the beginning of the universe. – Rumi

You fill yourself with the sharp pain of love, rather than its fulfillment. – Rumi

The garden of love is green without limit and yields many fruit other than sorrow and joy. – Rumi