If God said, 'Rumi pay homage to everything that has helped you enter my arms,' there would not be one experience of my life, not one thought, not one feeling, nor any act, I would not bow to.

Fall in love in such a way that it frees you from any connecting.

Pure souls, didn’t I tell you not to be seduced by this colorful world for I am the Ultimate Painter.

What a piece of bread looks like depends on whether you are hungry or not.

A thousand half-loves must be forsaken to take one whole heart home.

Come on sweetheart let's adore one another before there is no more of you and me

If you want money more than anything, you'll be bought and sold. If you have a greed for food, you'll be a loaf of bread. This is a subtle truth: Whatever you love, you are.