Rumi

Be kind to your sleeping heart. Take it out into the vast fields of light... and let it breathe.

Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious.

The rose's rarest essence lives in the thorn.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

The fault is in the one who blames. Spirit sees nothing to criticize.

When the world is filled with love, like a garden, then there will be no more sorrow.

There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground; there are a thousand ways to go home again.

If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?

Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.

Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love.

Let go of your mind and then be mindful. Close your ears and listen!

Why should I be melancholy? My heart is a garden of delight.

The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart.

There are no mistakes, only lessons.

Be empty of worrying. Think of who created thought!

Love is the true essence of all religions.

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there.

Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You are able to learn from everyone, and everything.

The morning wind spreads its fresh smell. We must get up and take that in, that wind that lets us live. Breathe before it's gone.

When you lose all sense of self, then you merge with the divine.