The mind, this globe of awareness, is a starry universe that when you push off with your foot, a thousand new roads become clear, as you yourself do at dawn, sailing through the light. – Rumi
Gamble everything for love, if you’re a true human being. If not, leave this gathering. – Rumi
Half-heartedness doesn’t reach into majesty. You set out to find God, but then you keep stopping for long periods at mean-spirited roadhouses. – Rumi
No one knows what makes the soul wake up so happy! Maybe a dawn breeze has blown the veil from the face of God. – Rumi
…a great God-wrestling does on inside these wanderers… – Rumi
…the cypress tree is turning green, drunk with the forest. – Rumi
Let the waters settle and you will see the moon and the stars mirrored in your own being. – Rumi
…rush out in the rain to be soaked with the sky. – Rumi
He is a letter to everyone. You open it. It says, Live. – Rumi
Don’t turn away. Keep your gaze on the bandaged place. That’s where the light enters you. – Rumi
Love comes with a knife, not some shy question, and not with fears for its reputation! – Rumi
Love is a madman, working his wild schemes, tearing off his clothes, running through the mountains…. – Rumi
Come out here where the roses have opened. Let soul and world meet. – Rumi
You’ve been walking the ocean’s edge, holding up your robes to keep them dry. You must dive naked under, and deeper under, a thousand times deeper! – Rumi
Don’t put blankets over the drum! Open completely. Let your spirit ear listen to the green dome’s passionate murmur. – Rumi
What does this patch-sewing mean you ask? Eating and drinking. The heavy cloak of the body is always getting torn. You patch it with food and other ego-satisfactions. – Rumi
This is how I would die into the love I have for you: as pieces of cloud dissolve in sunlight. – Rumi
That hurt we embrace becomes joy. Call it to your arms where it can change. – Rumi
I don’t regret how much I love, and I avoid those who repent their passion. – Rumi
To change, a person must face the dragon of his appetites with another dragon, the life-energy of the soul. – Rumi
