Rumi
Nor gold nor silver seek I but above All gifts, the heart, and buy it with my lo — Rumi
The life of this world is a truce between opposites. — Rumi
The lamp of the heart that is a timid trader Acquires neither loss nor gain by i — Rumi
Till the corn be ground with the mill, how can our table be furnished with bread — Rumi
Body is not veiled from soul, neither soul from body, Yet no man hath ever seen — Rumi
So long as a babe cannot grasp or run, It takes its father’s back for its carria — Rumi
Better to arm a drunken negro than To lavish learning on a wicked man. — Rumi
Place a sword in his hand and remove his impotence To see if he turns out a warr — Rumi
On the day that you entered upon existence You were first fire, or earth, or air — Rumi
If you have not gone to the Kaaba , fortune will draw you thither, Do not flee, — Rumi
Thou hast come to draw men to union with Me, Not to drive them far away from Me, — Rumi
Thou wert first and last thou shalt be, Make my last better than my first, When — Rumi