When something goes wrong, accuse yourself first. Even the wisdom of Plato or Solomon can wobble and go blind — Rumi Copy Share Image
Eventhough you are not equipped, keep searching: equipment isn't necessary on the way to the Lord. Whoever you see engaged in search,… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Whenever they rebuild an old building, they must first of all destroy the old one. — Rumi Copy Share Image
My boat strikes something deep. At first sounds of silence, waves. Nothing has happened; Or perhaps everything has happened. and I am… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Hardship may dishearten at first, but every hardship passes away. All despair is followed by hope; all darkness is followed by sunshine. — Rumi Copy Share Image
My soul gave me good counsel, teaching me to love. Love was for me a delicate thread stretched between two adjacent pegs,… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Fasting is the first principle of medicine; fast and see the strength of the spirit reveal itself. — Rumi Copy Share Image
Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu, Buddhist, sufi, or zen. Not any religion or cultural system. I am not from… — Rumi Copy Share Image
And so it is, that both the Devil and the angelic Spirit present us with objects of desire to awaken our power of choice. — Rumi Copy Share Image
We began as mineral. We emerged into plant life, and into the animal state, and then into being human, and always we have forgotten… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Sometimes you hear a voice through the door calling you... This turning toward what you deeply love saves you. — Rumi Copy Share Image
“You’ve so distracted me, your absence fans my love. Don’t ask how. Then you come near. “Do not…” I say, and “Do not…,” you… — Rumi Copy Share Image
There is something to be said for anyone who sits alone with dignity and silently begs for God. — Rumi Copy Share Image
Tis easy to break an idol, very easy: to regard the self as easy to subdue is folly, folly. — Rumi Copy Share Image
