“Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing? I have no idea. My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there.” — Jalaluddin Rumi Copy Share Image
“O Lord, we’ve erred!’* He sighed with heart aflame, ‘We lost the way as soon as darkness came!’ So destiny can block the sun’s… — Jalaluddin Rumi Copy Share
“Don't go off sightseeing. The real journey is right here. The great excursion starts from exactly where you are. You are the world. You… — Jalaluddin Rumi Copy Share
“Chefs and surgeons, historians, athletes, all so full of wonder, lovingly careful, and living right at the point of contact, the nailhead of attention… — Jalaluddin Rumi Copy Share
“It is time for us to join the line of your madmen all chained together. Time to be totally free, and estranged. Time to… — Jalaluddin Rumi Copy Share
“God's Shams of Tabriz says to the heart's bud, "If your eyes are opened, you'll see the things worth seeing.” — Jalaluddin Rumi Copy Share
“Sometimes you get frightened as a camel. Sometimes you get stuck in the mud like a hunted prey. O young fool, how long will… — Jalaluddin Rumi Copy Share
“Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter.” — Jalaluddin Rumi Copy Share
“The intellect is luminous and seeks justice so why does the dark ego prevail over it? Because the ego is at home in the… — Jalaluddin Rumi Copy Share
“Sit near someone who has had the experience. Sit under a tree with new blossoms. Walking the section of the market where chemists sell… — Jalaluddin Rumi Copy Share
“Believers are each other’s mirrors’, * friend. The Prophet said this—won’t you comprehend?” — Jalaluddin Rumi Copy Share
“a different kind of fragrance comes from the gathering of lovers a different kind of drunkenness comes from those wise in love the knowledge… — Jalaluddin Rumi Copy Share
“I was dead, but came back to life. I was the cry, but I became the smile. Love came and turned me into everlasting… — Jalaluddin Rumi Copy Share
