Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.
Rumi

That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful.
Rumi

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
Rumi

And so it is, that both the Devil and the angelic Spirit present us with objects of desire to awaken our power of choice.
Rumi

This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.
Rumi

Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom.
Rumi

The garden of love is green without limit and yields many fruits other than sorrow or joy. Love is beyond either condition: without spring, without autumn, it is always fresh.
Rumi

Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.
Rumi

You've come to know the fortunate and the inauspicious stars, but you don't know whether you yourself are fortunate or lucky.
Rumi

You know the value of every article of merchandise, but if you don't know the value of your own soul, it's all foolishness.
Rumi

There is an invisible strength within us; when it recognizes two opposing objects of desire, it grows stronger.
Rumi

This is the essence of all sciences - that you should know who you will be when the Day of Reckoning arrives.
Rumi