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.

I have blossomed so much, I am the envy of the gardens.

Half-heartedness doesn't reach into majesty. You set out to find God, but then you keep stopping for long periods at meanspirited roadhouses.

Let the waters settle and you will see the moon and the stars mirrored in your own being.

The moment I first heard love I gave up my soul, my heart, and my eyes.

Tie two birds together. They will not be able to fly, even though they now have four wings.

Woman is a ray of God. She is not that earthly beloved: she is creative, not created.