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

At night, I open the window and ask the moon to come and press its face against mine. Breathe into me. Close the language-door and open the love-window. The moon won’t use the door, only the window. – Rumi

Dance in the middle of fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you’re perfectly free. – Rumi

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