Oh you, straying heart, just come! Oh you, aching liver, just come! If the path to the gate is closed, Take the way by the wall, but come!
RumiLove is a mirror. In it you see nothing except your reflection. You see nothing except your real face.
RumiThe miracle of Jesus is himself, not what he said or did about the future. Forget the future. I'd worship someone who could do that.
RumiThe cure for pain is in the pain. Good and bad are mixed. If you don't have both, you don't belong with us.
RumiYou have no idea how hard I've looked for a gift to bring You. Nothing seemed right. What's the point of bringing gold to the gold mine, or water to the ocean. Everything I came up with was like taking spices to the Orient. It's no good giving my heart and my soul because you already have these. So I've brought you a mirror. Look at yourself and remember me.
Rumi