Rumi

 

“Apart from Love, everything passes away. The way to heaven is in your heart. Open and lift the wings of Love! When Love’s wings are strong, you need no ladder. Though the world be thorns, a lover’s heart is a bower of roses. Though heaven’s wheel be mired down, lovers’ lives go forward. Invite love into each dark corner. The lover is bright as a hundred thousand candles! Even if a lover seems to be alone, the secret Beloved is nearby. The time-span of union is eternity. The life is a jar, and in it, union is the pure wine. If we aren’t together, of what use is the jar? The moment I heard my first love story I began seeking you, not realising the search was useless. Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere; they are in one another’s souls all along.”