Don't turn away. Keep your gaze on the bandaged place. That's where the light enters you.

— Jalaluddin Rumi

Don't turn your head. Keep looking at the bandaged place. That's where the light enters you.

— Jalaluddin Rumi

Don't you know Yet? It is your light that lights the World.

— Jalaluddin Rumi

Do you know what you are? You are a manuscript of a divine letter. You are a mirror reflecting a noble face. This universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself;everything that you want, you are already that.

— Jalaluddin Rumi

Ellis said, "No man who thinks ill, will hear the truth despite a hundred signs. When one who fantasizes is presented with reason his fantasies increase. When one talks to such a person, their words become the very cause of that person's fantasy. The crusader's sword is a tool for a thief. So the response to him is silence and peace; to talk with an idiot is INSA

— Jalaluddin Rumi

Every story is us

— Jalaluddin Rumi

For beloved cross every pass Worldly affairs slow their pace A flowing brook amidst the grass Flowing tears his face shall trace His ego is shattered glass Self-estranged, himself deface Sense the Divine in spirit and mass If he is truly seeking grace

— Jalaluddin Rumi

Fortunate is he who does not carry envy as a companion.

— Jalaluddin Rumi

For years, copying other people, I tried to know myself. From within, I couldn't decide what to do. Unable to see, I heard my name being called. Then I walked outside.

— Jalaluddin Rumi

From "Wetness and Water"How does a part of the world leave the world? How can wetness leave water? Do not try to put out a fire by throwing on more fire. Do not wash a wound with blood. No matter how fast you run, your shadow more than keeps up. Sometimes it's in front. Only full, overhead sun diminishes your shadow. But that shadow has been serving you. What hurts you blesses you. Darkness is your candle. Your boundaries are your quest.

— Jalaluddin Rumi