You have been a prisoner of a little pond I am the ocean and its turbulent flood Come merge with me leave this world of ignorance
RumiBe a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone's soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.
RumiYour hand opens and closes and opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralyzed.
RumiShe loved him so much she concealed his name in many phrases, the inner meanings known only to her.
RumiThose who don't feel this Love pulling them like a river, those who don't drink dawn like a cup of spring water or take in the sunset like supper, those who don't want to change, let them sleep on. This Love is beyond the study of theology, that old trickery and hypocrisy. If you want to improve your mind that way, sleep on. I've given up on my brain. I've torn the cloth to shreds and thrown it away. If you're not completely naked, wrap your beautiful robe of words around you, and sleep on
Rumi