Quotes by Mevlana Rumi

all because of love
when it arrived
my temporal life
from then on
changed to eternal

all because of love
when it arrived
my temporal life
from then on
changed to eternal

all because of love
when it arrived
my temporal life
from then on
changed to eternal

There is a void in your soul,
      ready to be filled.
You feel it, don't you?
You feel the separation
      from the Beloved.
Invite Him to fill you up,
      embrace the fire.

Be with those who help your being.
Don't sit with indifferent people, whose breath
comes cold out of their mouths.

I was dead, then alive.
Weeping, then laughing.

The power of love came into me,
and I became fierce like a lion,
then tender like the evening star.

I've said before that every craftsman
searches for what's not there
to practice his craft.

Drink from the presence of saints,
not from those other jars.

Any wine will get you high.
Judge like a king, and choose the purest,

the ones unadulterated with fear,
or some urgency about "what's needed."

There are thousands of wines
that can take over our minds.

Don't think all ecstasies
are the same!