Sangan cascata

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity 'til he has tasted adversity.

Saadi

Listen! Clam up your mouth and be silent like an oyster shell, for that tongue of yours is the enemy of the soul, my friend. When the lips are silent, the heart has a hundred tongues.

Rumi

Sunlight fell upon the wall; the wall received a borrowed splendor. Why set your heart on a piece of earth, O simple one? Seek out the source which shines forever.

Rumi

Oh Cup-bearer, set my glass afire with the light of wine!

Hafez

Through Love all that is bitter will be sweet, Through Love all that is copper will be gold, Through Love all dregs will become wine, through Love all pain will turn to medicine.

Rumi

White T-shirt

There is an invisible strength within us; when it recognizes two opposing objects of desire, it grows stronger.

Rumi

Oh, bird of my soul, fly away now, For I possess a hundred fortified towers.

Rumi

And so it is, that both the Devil and the angelic Spirit present us with objects of desire to awaken our power of choice.

Rumi