“Sorrows are the rags of old clothes and jackets that serve to cover, and then are taken off. That undressing, and the beautiful naked body underneath, is the sweetness that comes after grief.” BodyBeautifulGriefTakenSorrowClothesNakedSweetnessJacketsRagsUndressingOld Clothes Author:Rumi
“You fill yourself with the sharp pain of love, rather than its fulfillment.” PainFulfillment Author:Rumi
“You are a fountain of the sun's light. I am a willow shadow on the ground. You make my raggedness silky.” LightSunShadowFountain Author:Rumi
“I do not know who lives here in my chest, or why the smile comes. I am not myself, more the bare green knob of a rose that lost every leaf and petal to the morning wind.” KnowsLostMorningWindGreenRoseChestsLeafsPetalsKnobs Author:Rumi
“Inside of us, there's a continual autumn. Our leaves fall and are blown out over the water.” FallWaterAutumn Author:Rumi
“In this mob of I's inside, which one is me? Hear me out. I know I'm wandering, but don't start putting a lid on this racket. No telling what I'll do then. Every moment I'm thrown by your story. One moment it's happy, and I'm singing. One moment it's sad, and I'm weeping. It turns bitter, and I pull away. But then you spill a little grace, and just like that, I'm all light. It's not so bad, this arrangement, actually.” KnowsLittlesMomentsStoriesLightTurnsGraceSingingBitterWanderThrownArrangementsWeepingSpillsRacket Author:Rumi
“I turn all thorn then, but you come back again and make my thorniness fragrant and pink and petaled.” TurnsBack Again Author:Rumi
“And even if this world burns up hidden harps will still play here.” IfsWorldStillsPlayThis WorldHarps Author:Rumi
