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

— Jalaluddin Rumi

A wealth you cannot imagine flows through you. Do not consider what strangers say. Be secluded in your secret heart-house, that bowl of silence.

— Jalaluddin Rumi

Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone's soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.

— Jalaluddin Rumi

Beauty surrounds us.

— Jalaluddin Rumi

Be empty of worrying. Think of who created thought! Why do you stay in prison When the door is so wide open?

— Jalaluddin Rumi

Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others' faults. Be like running water for generosity. Be like death for rage and anger. Be like the Earth for modesty. Appear as you are. Be as you appear.

— Jalaluddin Rumi

Be melting snow. Wash yourself of yourself.

— Jalaluddin Rumi

Beyond Islam and unbelief there is a desert plain. For us, there is a passion in the midst of that expanse. The knower who reaches there will prostrate, there is neither Islam nor unbelief, nor any 'where' in that place.

— Jalaluddin Rumi

Bitter your acts, bitter am I, Kindness your deeds, kindness am I, Pleasant and gentle, so you are, Fine honeyed lips and sweet talker.

— Jalaluddin Rumi

By the day, I praised you and never knew it, by night, I stayed with you and never knew it. I always thought I was me but no, I was you and never knew it.

— Jalaluddin Rumi