Don’t turn away. Keep your gaze on the bandaged place. That’s where the light enters you. – Rumi

What I most want is to spring out of this personality, then to sit apart from that leaping. I’ve lived too long where I can be reached. – Rumi

There’s a hidden sweetness in the stomach’s emptiness. We are lutes, no more, no less. If the soundbox is stuffed full of anything, no music…. When you’re full of food and drink, Satan sits where your spirit should…. – Rumi

This world’s existence is one night long. There’s a great lively gathering that night, but some people sleep through it. – Rumi