Rumi

I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.

When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.

Empty your mind of all thoughts, and let your heart guide you.

The very center of your heart is where life begins - the most beautiful place on earth.

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

Forget safety. Live where you fear to live.

Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation.

Love is the bridge between you and everything.

Come, seek, for search is the foundation of fortune: every success depends upon focusing the heart.

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

Only from the heart can you touch the sky.

What is planted in the heart of a man will one day determine the harvest of his life.

My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there.

Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others' faults. Be like running water for generosity. Be like death for rage and anger. Be like the earth for modesty. Appear as you are. Be as you appear.

Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you're perfectly free.

The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore.

Why struggle to open a door between us when the whole wall is an illusion?

Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.

We are all drops in the ocean, but the ocean is in each of us.

Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you sing again.