
You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?Rumi
13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic whose Masnavi is among the most influential works of Islamic literature.

You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?Rumi

How many flee from one calamity into another; how many leap from the snake towards the dragon.Rumi

Fortunate is he who does not carry envy as a companion.Rumi

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I will meet you there.Rumi

Listen to the reed, how it tells a tale, complaining of separations.Rumi

Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open?Rumi

Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder.Rumi

If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?Rumi