They try to say what you are, spiritual or sexual? They wonder about Solomon and all his wives. In the body of the world, they say, there is a soul and you are that. But we have ways within each other that will never be said by anyone.
RumiIf you follow the ways in which you were trained, which you may have inherited, for no other reason than this, you are illogical.
RumiUntil the juice ferments a while in the cask, it isn't wine. If you wish your heart to be bright, you must do a little work.
RumiYou do not see clearly the evil in yourself, else you would hate yourself with all your soul. Like the lion who sprang at his image in the water, you are only hurting yourself, O foolish man. When you reach the bottom of the well of your own nature, then you will know that the vileness was from yourself.
Rumi