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

Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment… – Rumi, translated by Edward Henry Whinfield

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

Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened…. Let the beauty we love be what we do. – Rumi, as interpreted by Coleman Barks