Rumi

If you want the moon, do not hide from the night. If you want a rose, do not hide from the thorns. If you want love, do not hide from yourself.

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there.

You show your worth by what you seek! – Rumi

I am neither of the East nor of the West, no boundaries exist within my breast.

The quieter you become, you more you are able to hear.

When setting out on a journey, do not seek advice from those who have never left home.

Our spontaneous action is always the best. You cannot, with your best deliberation and heed, come so close to any question as your spontaneous glance shall bring you.

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.

In every author let us distinguish the man from his works.

If you can’t fly, then run, if you can’t walk run, then walk, if you can’t walk, then crawl, but by all means keep moving.

It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world owes the world more than the world can pay.

Be confident, not certain

Treating your adversary with respect is giving him an advantage to which he is not entitled.

The first thing a great person does, is make us realize the insignificance of circumstance.

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

I think that people just have this core desire to express who they are. And I think that’s always existed.

Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.

The gift of a common tongue is a priceless inheritance and it may well some day become the foundation of a common citizenship.

Every stroke our fury strikes is sure to hit ourselves at last.

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration, knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your core of inner silence. The great Sufi poet Rumi wrote, Only let the moving waters calm down, and the sun and moon will be reflected on the surface of your being.