Rumi

“My friend, this body is your lute.”

“Love is reckless; not reason. Reason seeks a profit. Love comes on strong.”

“Listen to the reed, how it tells a tale, complaining of separations.”

“Whatever loss you face, withhold not yourself from the road; that road has its own end.”

“The man of God is drunken without wine; the man of God is full without meat.”

“Pass beyond form, escape from names; flee titles and names toward meaning.”

“Reason is powerless in the expression of love.”

“The fountain of the soul is musk and amber; the fountain of the body is water and clay.”

“He who is in love with himself has no other rivals.”

“Whoever travels without a guide needs two hundred years for a two-day journey.”

“This world is as a dream; do not be deceived by its colours.”

“In the orchard and rose-garden I long to see your face.”

“Maybe you are searching among the branches for what only appears in the roots.”

“The lamps are different, but the Light is the same.”

“Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.”

“The garden of love is green without limit and yields many fruits other than sorrow or joy.”

“There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled.”

“You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with wings.”

“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”